It is felt that this "neutralism" can contribute more toward world peace than the propaganda and arms race. An area the size of Oklahoma was underwater, and the southern capital city of. In South and Southeast Asia the ethical concept of Ahinsa is one of the elements producing "neutralism" toward the cold war. Language is an internally disruptive force in both India and Pakistan. So it bring unity among these people due to the same religion of most of the people of South Asia. This division has been an embarrassment for the Western democracies since it has divided South Asia at a time when the West wanted a united South Asian support of its cause in the cold war. Hinduism served as a unifying force in South Asia from 1200 to 1450 CE because it was the main religion which was practiced by most of the population of people living in these regions. In South Asia religion led to the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. In the Far East and Southeast Asia, they play scarcely any part. Its history overlaps or coincides with the development of religion in the Indian subcontinent since the Iron Age, with some of its traditions tracing back to prehistoric religions such as those of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization. In the Near East religion and language furnish some of the background for Islamic and Arab hostility to Israel, but they are not strong enough to unite either the Islamic or the Arab nations. The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. It is the hope of Asian countries to attain increased agricultural production, industrial expansion, more equitable distribution of wealth, and the attainment of the good life for their citizens. Religion and language move Asians less than anticolonialism and the desire for economic development.