Question

Give reasons for calling India a part of a subcontinent. Which other countries are included?

Answer 1

Hint: The bulk of the sub-continental Indian land area lies on a separate tectonic plate called the Indian plate. This Indian plate is located on the Indo-Australian plate in the northern area. This is said to be the present isolation from other regions and separation by mountain barriers from other areas of Asia. Before it was split into a small continent, the Indian tectonic plate was merged with the Eurasian plate.

Complete answer:
What?
- A large, relatively self-contained landmass that forms a subdivision of a continent: India's subcontinent. Like Greenland, this is a large landmass which is smaller than most of the continents commonly known.
- A globe is a large landmass, while a smaller portion of the continent is a subcontinent. Asia is a continent, for instance, and India is a subcontinent situated in Asia.

Why India is called subcontinent?
- A subcontinent is also characteristically regarded as a part of the continent, but appears as a separate land geographically and is also separately governed.
- India is sometimes referred to as a subcontinent because it is a separate landmass, not just a country. It is not as large as one, but it has certain characteristics of a continent, so it is not considered a continent.
- India was once a continent (or a very big island at least). India migrated north due to continental drift and became a part of Asia.
- India is now aligned with the Asian continent, but it is a distinct region divided by the Himalayas. It was originally a distinct geologic plate, but it collided and fused with Asia.

In this sense, India, along with other countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and several other small countries and surrounding islands, is the largest landmass existing separately. It is thus called the Indian sub-continent.

COUNTRIES THAT FORM CONTINENT OF INDIAN SUB:
Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka.

Note:
- India is regarded as a subcontinent because unlike other nations, India stands out distinctly. It's almost like a continent, but smaller than that and our country is not just the Indian subcontinent, but also Pakistan.

- India is a peninsular region, as it is surrounded by oceans on the southern side of the landmass on three sides.