Today the Indian sub-continent is joined to the landmass of Eurasia.
This however has not always been the case.
India once lay far to the South.
During the early part of the
Mesozoic Era
(the
Triassic Period),
India was joined with all the other continents in one super-continent known
as Pangaea.
By the
Jurassic Period,
Pangaea begun to break up into two smaller super-continents:
Laurasia and Gondwanaland. India was then part of the southern
super-continent, Gondwanaland, which consisted of
Africa,
Antarctica,
Australia,
and South America, as well as India.
By the
Cretaceous Period,
Gondwanaland begun to break-up:
India eventually broke away and begun its long journey North.
This journey continues to the present day, it as a result of the India's
collision with the Eurasian landmass that the Himalayan mountains
were raised.
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