{"id":160056,"date":"2022-01-09T15:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160056"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T11:44:50","slug":"answered-why-is-india-considered-as-a-subcontinent-elaborate-your-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-why-is-india-considered-as-a-subcontinent-elaborate-your-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Why is India considered as a subcontinent? Elaborate your answer."},"content":{"rendered":"

A subcontinent is a\u202f<\/span>part of a\u202fcontinent\u202fthat has\u202fdistinct<\/span><\/b>\u202fgeographical, political and cultural\u202f<\/span>identity<\/span><\/b>.\u202fIndia is considered as a subcontinent because:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Geography<\/span><\/b>:\u202fIndia is\u202f<\/span>seventh<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>largest<\/span><\/b>\u202fcountry\u202fin the world. Indian\u202flandmass\u202fis\u202fbounded by\u202f<\/span>Himalayas<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the north and\u202f<\/span>Indian<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>ocean<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the south\u202fthat gives it a distinct identity.\u202fA long coast line, a large desert (Thar),\u00a0highest\u202fmountains\u00a0ranges and large plains (India-Ganga-Brahmaputra\u202fplains)\u202fgives a physiological diversity that can be observed only on\u00a0continental scale.\u202f\u202fAs per plate tectonics, India is a\u00a0separate\u00a0plate which collided with Eurasian plate leading to formation of Himalayas.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Population<\/span><\/b>: Indian has\u202f<\/span>second largest<\/span><\/b>\u202fpopulation in the world\u202f(much higher than\u202fany other continent, except for Asia and\u202fAfrica)\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Unity in diversity<\/span><\/b>: India has\u202f<\/span>multiple races, religions, castes etc.<\/span><\/b>\u202fspeaking different languages, practicing different customs but a\u202f<\/span>certain element of unity<\/span><\/b>\u202fis visible in all.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Political identity<\/span><\/b>: India is the largest\u202f<\/span>democracy<\/span><\/b>\u202fwith independent institutions. Commitment to\u202f<\/span>socialism<\/span><\/b>\u202fand\u202f<\/span>secularism<\/span><\/b>\u202fmakes it different from any other country in its vicinity.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Diversity in flora and fauna:<\/span><\/b>\u202fIndia has wide range\u202fvegetation ranging from\u202f<\/span>evergreen<\/span><\/b>\u202fforests to\u202f<\/span>deciduous<\/span><\/b>\u202fforest to\u202f<\/span>alpine<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>meadows<\/span><\/b>.\u202fMany of the\u202f<\/span>animal<\/span><\/b>\u202fspecies found in India are\u202f<\/span>endemic<\/span><\/b>\u202fand not found in any other part of the world.\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Historically<\/span><\/b>,\u202feven ancient people considered\u202f<\/span>India<\/span><\/b>\u202fa\u202f<\/span>separate<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>unit<\/span><\/b>\u202fidentifying entire\u202f<\/span>land mass lying south of\u202fIndus\u202f(Sindhu) as India\u202f<\/span><\/b>or\u202f<\/span>Jambudweep<\/span><\/b>.\u202fSo, we\u202fcan say\u202fthat Identity of India as a subcontinent is\u202fwell accepted even from ancient times.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A subcontinent is a\u202fpart of a\u202fcontinent\u202fthat has\u202fdistinct\u202fgeographical, political and cultural\u202fidentity.\u202fIndia is considered as a subcontinent because:\u202f\u00a0 Geography:\u202fIndia is\u202fseventh\u202flargest\u202fcountry\u202fin the world. Indian\u202flandmass\u202fis\u202fbounded by\u202fHimalayas\u202fin the north and\u202fIndian\u202focean\u202fin the south\u202fthat gives it a distinct identity.\u202fA long coast line, a large desert (Thar),\u00a0highest\u202fmountains\u00a0ranges and large plains (India-Ganga-Brahmaputra\u202fplains)\u202fgives a physiological diversity that can be observed only on\u00a0continental scale.\u202f\u202fAs per plate… Continue reading [Answered] Why is India considered as a subcontinent? Elaborate your answer.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10606],"class_list":["post-160056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-mains-2021-gs-1-solutions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":1260,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703670007},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}