WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: –A globe is a large landmass, while a smaller portion of the continent is a subcontinent. Asia is a continent, for instance, and India is a subcontinent situated in Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -A large and distinct section of a continent can be called a subcontinent. Many subcontinents are separated from the rest of a continent by geographical features. One of the most well-known subcontinents is the Indian subcontinent, which was once the country of India, but today includes Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -subcontinent (plural subcontinents) A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent).

Detailed explanation-4: -It is considered a subcontinent because it covers an expansive area of land that includes the Himalayan region in the north. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to continental drift theory and plate tectonic theory, the Indian subcontinent was a part of a huge land mass known as Gondwana continent. This huge continental mass got split into India, South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctic during the cretaceous period.