Hindustan

Hindustan, (TV: War of the Sontarans) or Hindoostan, was a coastal (TV: Survivors of the Flux) region in south Asia. (TV: War of the Sontarans)

Geography
Hindustan shared its north-western border with Persia. (TV: War of the Sontarans) Its eastern coastline looked out over the Bay of Bengal, while its western coastline looked out over the Arabian Sea. Approximate to the region, across a small stretch of sea to the south, was the island of Ceylon. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)

Madras was located on the south-east coast of Hindoostan, while Bombay was located on the west coast. The tip of the southern coast was known as Cape Comorin. (TV: Survivors of the Flux) Calcutta was located in the east of the region. The River Ganges flowed through the north of Hindoostan. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)

History
In 1855, Hindustan was shown on a British map. (TV: War of the Sontarans)

Hindoostan appeared on a map of the region in 1904. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)

Behind the scenes
In the real world, there is some debate as to the true boundaries of the region once known as Hindustan. Perhaps the most widely accepted are those presented in the text. This defined the boundaries as roughly those of the, with its western limit formed by the river , southern limit going up to the Great Sea and the eastern limit at , the present day.