Question

Why is europe a continent where india is a subcontinent?

Answer 1

Physiographically, Europe and South Asia are peninsulas of the Eurasian landmass. However, Europe is widely considered a continent with its comparatively large land area of 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), while South Asia, with less than half that area, is considered a subcontinent.

Answer 2

Calling Indian subcontinent a "Subcontinent" and Europe a full continent is pure euro-centric arrogance and has nothing to do with logic.

I mean, what separates Europe from Asia? Ural mountains? More like Ural hillocks.. And what separates Subcontinent from Asia? That's right, baby! The mother of all mountain ranges, the legendary, the impenetrable, the gigantic, HIMALAYAS! Which separation is stronger?

Okay, Which pair of cities are further from each other, culturally? London and Moscow or Delhi and Beijing?

And there are only two types of religions in world: Abrahamic (Islam, Christianity, Jew) and Dharmic (Hindu, Jain, Sikhism, Buddhism). We have an entirely separate SET of religions, not just a separate religion.

Both Kashmiri and Keralian cuisines are spicy. But differently spicy. Is English food differently bland than German food? I doubt. I mean, light can be of different colors, but darkness has only one, sad color: Bland.

So if India is more drastically different from Asia culturally, geographically, racially, spiritually, linguistically, culinarily, sartorially and on every other imaginable fronts; Why is it not a continent and Europe is?