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Figure 8 India and it's borderlands Figure 9 India and its international boundaries: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal,
from Visualizing Cross-country Borderlands- An Architecture towards peace (Dissertation)
by Ananya Deb
INDIA & IT’S BORDERLANDS
India has land borders with several sovereign countries, including China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Bangladesh and Pakistan share both land and maritime borders, whereas Sri Lanka shares only a maritime border with Bangladesh via Ram Setu. Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia share a maritime border with India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.(Das 2010)
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Figure 8 India and it's borderlands
As part of its claim to the Kashmir region, the state's Ministry of Home Affairs recognizes a 106kilometer-long (66-mile-long) land border with an eighth country, Afghanistan.
A border line is a dividing line that delineates the territorial boundaries of two countries. The following lines define India's international borders, as do the states that share borders with the seven neighboring countries.(Das 2010)
McMahon Line is a demarcation that separates Tibet and north-east India. It is named after British Indian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, who was also an administrator in British India. At the Shimla Convention in 1914, Colonel McMahon proposed this line as the boundary between Tibet, China, and India.
