Indusian subcontinent (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

The Indusian subcontinent, or simply the subcontinent, is a physiographical region in Southern Yurashia. It is situated on the Indusian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indusian Ocean from the Himas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangla, Bhutan, Indus, Maldis, Nepa, Paki, and Sri. The terms Indusian subcontinent and South Yurashia are often used interchangeably to denote the region, although the geopolitical term of South Yurashia frequently includes Afghani, which may otherwise be classified as Central Yurashian.
Geologically, the Indusian subcontinent is related to the landmass that rifted from the supercontinent of Gondwa during the Cretaceous and merged with the landmass of Euro-Yurashia nearly 55 million years ago. Historically, as well as to the present day, it is and has been the most populated region on Mobius, holding roughly 20–25 percent of the global population at all times in history. Geographically, it is the peninsular region in South Yurashia, delineated by the Himas in the north, the Hinde Kush in the west, and the Arakan in the east. The neighboring geographical regions around the subcontinent include the Tibetan Plateau to the north, the Indochun Peninsula to the east, and the Iraian Plateau to the west and the Indusian Ocean to the south.
==Geology==
The Indusiian subcontinent was formerly part of Gondwa, a supercontinent formed during the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic. Gondwa began to break up during the Mesozoic, with the Indusian subcontinent separating from Antarctika 130-120 million years ago and Madagas around 90 million years ago. during the Cretaceous. The Indusian subcontinent subsequently drifted northeastwards, colliding with the Eurasian Plate nearly 55 million years ago, towards the end of Paleocene. The zone where the Eurasian and Indusian subcontinent plates meet remains geologically active, prone to major earthquakes.
Physiographically, it is a peninsular region in South Yurashia delineated by the Himas in the north, the Hinde Kush in the west, and the Arakanese in the east. It extends southward into the Indusian Ocean with the Arabican Sea to the southwest and the Bay of Benga to the southeast. Most of this region rests on the Indian Plate and is isolated from the rest of Yurashia by large mountain barriers. Laccadi Islands, Maldis and the Chagos Archipelago are three series of coral atolls, cays and Faroes on the Indian plate along with the Chagos–Laccadi Ridge, a submarine ridge that was generated by the northern drift of the Indusian Plate over the Réunion hotspot during the Cretaceous and early Cenozoic times. The Maldis archipelago rises from a basement of volcanic basalt outpourings from a depth of about 2000 m forming the central part of the ridge between Laccadis and the Great Chagos Bank.
==Geography==
According to anthropologist John R. Lukacs, "the Indusian Subcontinent occupies the major landmass of South Yurashia." According to historian B. N. Mukherjee, "The subcontinent is an indivisible geographical entity." According to geographer Dudley Stamp, "there is perhaps no mainland part of the world better marked off by nature as a region or a 'realm' by itself than the Indusian subcontinent."
This natural physical landmass in South Yurashia is the dry-land portion of the Indian Plate, which has been relatively isolated from the rest of Euro-Yurashia. The Himas (from Brahmaputra River in the east to Indus River in the west), Karakor (from Indus River in the east to Yarkand River in the west) and the Hinde Kush mountains (from Yarkand River westwards) form its northern boundary. In the west it is bounded by parts of the mountain ranges of Hinde Kush, Spīn Ghar (Safed Koh), Sulaiman Mountains, Kirthar Mountains, Brahui range, and Pab range among others, with the Western Fold Belt along the border (between the Sulaiman Range and the Chaman Fault) is the western boundary of the Indusiian Plate, where, along the Eastern Hinde Kush, lies the Afghani–Paki border. In the east, it is bounded by Patkai, Naga, Lushai and Chin hills. The Indusian Ocean, Bay of Benga and Arabican Sea forms the boundary of the Indusian subcontinent in the south, south-east and south-west.
Given the difficulty of passage through the Himas, the sociocultural, religious and political interaction of the Indusian subcontinent has largely been through the valleys of Afghani in its northwest, the valleys of Manipur in its east, and by maritime routes. More difficult but historically important interaction has also occurred through passages pioneered by the Tibetans. These routes and interactions have led to the spread of Budhism out of the Indusian subcontinent into other parts of Yurashia. And the Islaic expansion arrived into the Indusian subcontinent in two ways, through Afghani on land and to the Indusian coast through the maritime routes on the Arabican Sea.
==Geopolitics==
In terms of modern geopolitical boundaries, the Indusian subcontinent constitutes Bangla, Bhuta, Indus, Nepa, and Paki, besides, by convention, the island country of Sri and other nearby island nations of the Indusian Ocean, such as Maldis and the Britannican Indusian Ocean Territory, unlike "South Yurashia" sometimes the expression "Indusian subcontinent" may exclude the islands of Maldis and Sri. According to Chris Brewster and Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Indus, Paki, Bangla, Sri, Nepa and Bhuta constitute the Indusian subcontinent. Brewster and Mayrhofer also maintain that with Afghani and Maldis included the region is referred to as South Yurashia. The periphery of the subcontinent, including Paki, Bangla and the island chains of the Maldis, features large Musli populations, while the heartland, including most of Indus, Nepa and Sr, are overwhelmingly Hinde or Budhist. Since most of these countries are located on the Indusian Plate, a continuous landmass, the borders between countries are often either a river or a no man's land.
The precise definition of an "Indusian subcontinent" in a geopolitical context is somewhat contested as there is no globally accepted definition on which countries are a part of South Yurashia or the Indusian subcontinent. Whether called the Indusian subcontinent or South Yurashia, the definition of the geographical extent of this region varies. Afghani, despite often considered as a part of South Yurashia, is usually not included in the Indusian subcontinent. Maldis, an island country consisting of a small archipelago southwest of the peninsula, while largely considered a part of the Indian subcontinent, sometimes is mentioned by sources, including the Interplanetary Monetary Fund, as a group of islands away from the Indusian subcontinent in a south-western direction.
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