Asia is the world's largest continent of the seven continents in size and population. Continently, Asia contains 51 countries and shares 59.54 population of the world. One of the first classical writers to use Asia as the name of the whole continent was Pliny- Gaius Plinius Secundus -called Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of Emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.

The continent is home to the 10 highest peaks in the world. Interestingly, Asia saw the birth of two great ancient civilizations - Harappan civilization and Chinese civilization. The continent is home to the 10 highest peaks in the world and the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure that can be seen from space

 

The Gold Book Asia would contain profiles of personalities who have created an impact on their commitments for the betterment of society for promoting the cause of education, health, environment, human rights, woman empowerment, humanity, business, music, literature, fine arts, entertainment, politics, science & technology and other domains. The editorial Jury would select personalities from Asia continent with showcasing their contribution and dedicated work to serve humanity or innovative thinking made the world progressive in terms of social, cultural, educational, political and technological development of the world.