Question

Short note on term indian sub continent

Answer 1

The Indian subcontinent is a southern regionand peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geologically, the Indian subcontinent is related to the land mass that rifted from Gondwana and merged with the Eurasian plate nearly 55 million years ago.Geographically, it is the peninsular region in south-central Asia delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Arakanese in the east.Politically, the Indian subcontinent inludes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.