2006-06-30 20:39:35 · 7 answers · asked by savzstylz 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Until about 20 million years ago, India was a separate continent (or large island, depending on your preferred definition) floating in the Indian Ocean (though there were no people around to call it that, yet).
This terminology comes from plate tectonics. India is on a separate continental plate from the bulk of Asia. The ongoing collision between these plates caused the Himalayas to arise as well as several recent earthquakes.
2006-06-30 20:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by Beckee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
India occupies a large part of the Asian sub-continent
and thats why it is called the Indian sub-continent
2006-06-30 20:43:53 · answer #2 · answered by Crash&Burn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
India is very vast and Himalayas keeps them separated from other parts of Asia for many years from others parts of Europe and Asia and its very special cultural and geographical identity which it consists where nearly a quarter of world population lives
2006-06-30 20:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by kota g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because india has large population and vast land
2006-06-30 20:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by tabor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In truth both these religions did come out of Hinduism but they do not consider themselves Hindus. There is lot of cultural mixed Hinduism and what we see in these two religions is cultural mix.
2016-03-26 23:50:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is massive but still part of asia.
2006-06-30 20:45:34 · answer #6 · answered by a_wuchang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-30 21:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by egymah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋