Today, the Atlantic and Indian Ocean continue to widen, while the Pacific Ocean continues to shrink. Scientists believe that in a 100 million years, North America and Asia will drift into each other. Scientists have even named this supercontinent Amasia. From the study of plant and animal kingdoms of India and Sri Lanka, scientists say that a few hundred thousand years ago India and Sri Lanka were linked together, but were split up later on. Recently, a major earthquake occurred in the Latur district of Maharashtra.
Scientists believe that it was due to a small fault, which developed on the southern Indian plate.
Due to plate tectonics, rivers change their courses and mountains, oceans and continents often vanish. River Narmada is, in fact, flowing in a crack between northern and southern India. When it comes to the science of plate tectonics, our Puranas are surprisingly relevant, even today. In those days, the Vindhyas were rising higher and higher. Agasthya requested the range not to rise until he returned.