2006-09-05 01:04:45 · 6 answers · asked by raji s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Because it is a separate part of a larger continent.
2006-09-05 01:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by inauspicious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All other answers are good.
A writer or a journalist some times uses a word that stick, in this Case there may be one more reason.
India is in Asia, but it was separated by mountain and desert, in the north and east to some extent. It was mainly isolated from Asia, in the olden days very few travellers made it to India from other countries. So some one coined the word subcontinent.
If you imagine an ocean on its northern boarder, it would have been continent.
Hence Subcontinent.
2006-09-05 08:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by minootoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The culture, geographical factors, climate.etc. of India is different from that of the neighbouring and other countries.Hence India is called as a subcontinent
2006-09-05 08:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by Scoob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
INDIA HAS MANY DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES. THSE HIMALYAS, THE WATERS ON ITS THREE SIDES ETC. MAKE IT A DISTINCT GEOGRAPHICAL ENTITY. IN A WAY IT IS CONTINENT WITHIN A CONTINENT.
2006-09-05 08:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by vedanshru 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
err.... maybe its becaus of the FREAKING MANY ISLANDS it has ? I'm not sure . sorry :) aint a geographical expert :)
2006-09-05 08:56:04 · answer #5 · answered by laserboom2003 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's so freaking BIG!!
2006-09-05 08:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by electralove88 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋