---
title: "How did the Indian subcontinent form?"  
description: "A brief explanation of how the Indian subcontinent forms and the Himalaya"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2783/how-did-the-indian-subcontinent-form  
category: "indian history"  
tags: ["India", "history", "general knowledge", "subcontinent"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the Indian subcontinent form?

![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/fb672bd1-0545-441e-9219-a357513e66f7.jpeg) ![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/e512b991-6995-4b18-82f1-13473c056d2e.jpeg) The Indian Plate was once part of the supercontinent Gondwana, which began to break up during the Mesozoic Era. ![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/313c8e68-5c27-4894-8c89-051376201f15.jpeg) The Indian subcontinent was formed when the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate. ![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/313c8e68-5c27-4894-8c89-051376201f15.jpeg) It began to drift northward at a rate of roughly 20 cm per year, colliding with the Eurasian Plate some 55 million years ago. ![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/22a387cb-3c9e-4254-b55e-58922457ee0a.jpeg) Furthermore, the Himalayas, the world's greatest mountain range, rose as a result of the collision of the two plates. ![How did the Indian subcontinent form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c4ae50fa-1b63-47b2-ac43-add7106d4abb/images/7f51e4ff-e139-44b9-b197-228e82cecafa.jpeg) The Indian Plate is still moving northward today, forcing the Himalayas to rise.

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