WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -: a large landmass smaller than a continent. especially : a major subdivision of a continent. the Indian subcontinent. subcontinental.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -A place is classed as a subcontinent when it is part of a continent but is considered either geographically or politically as an independent entity or it is smaller than a continent.