In this map, if you look at India's northern border with Pakistan and China, you will notice how there are two lines, one dotted and one bold.
As an Indian myself, I have only ever seen the dotted line in maps made in my own country. However, international maps regularly discard that and often print the bold line. Sometimes merging Indian territory in the north with Pakistan, sometimes China, sometimes both.
Why is that? Information about Kashmir and Ladakh is sparse here in the south. Are those territories not internationally recognised as Indian? Are they being occupied by our neighbours? Or is it some quirk of international politics that I am not aware of?
What is up with India's northern border?
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Posted by Rodent_Guillotine
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For starters, you can read [this](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict).
Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir areas to the west are controlled by Pakistan, not India. Aksai Chin to the east is controlled by China. Rest of Kashmir is controlled by India.
Since India has a claim on the rest of Kashmir, companies show all of Kashmir as part of India, and Indian maps reflect that too. However in Pakistan, they’d show to reflect Pakistan’s claims, etc.
Here in India, we put our claim on Kashmir, but it is a debated topic worldwide. Some support us, some don’t. Hence companies go for the safe approach and show all borders.