Why India is called subcontinent? 10 Reason

India is a country in South Asia. It has a rich history, traditions and culture. India is bounded by Bay of Bengal in the east, Himalayas on the north, Arabian Sea on the west and Indian Ocean to its south. 

India is such huge country with lots of diversity that it is referred as Indian Sub-continent. So obviously question comes to our mind that “Why India is called as subcontinent?”.

So let’s find out tens points which will answer to ours question of why India is known as subcontinent?

India is called subcontinent

1.Geographical diversity 

India is having almost all the geographical diversities of the world.

 

·         Mountains – Himalayas, Western ghats, Eastern Ghats

·         Rivers – Ganga, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Godavari, Krishna

·         Plains – Northern Plains of UP, Bihar

·         Deserts – Rajasthan and Gujarat

·         Coastal Plains – West Coast and East Coast

·         Islands – Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshdweep

·         Volcanos – Barren Island

·         Coral Reefs & Atolls - Lakshdweep

2.Cultural diversity 

India is country with huge cultural diversity. Food and language changes after kilometers even within state. Even in same religion there different food habits, lifestyle, gods-goddess, festivals.

3.Ethnic diversity 

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Mediterranean or Dravidian.
Western Brachycephals.
Nordic Aryans

4.Economic diversity 

Economic diversity in India varies from place to place in India. Also economic disparity is found in India in different class and strata of society. More than 2/3^rd population in India are poor and nearly 1% of the people held more than 70% of wealth.

5.Political diversity 

With such a huge diversity there is also diversity in political ideology and thinking in India. Along-with right and left wing political ideology; communist, deprived class, socialist, social liberalism, regional parties etc.

6.Social diversity

India is highly diverse in social strata. Social diversity such caste system, rich-poor etc are found in society. There many social strata in India such Brahmins, Kshtriya, Shudra and Vaishya. Different section of the social strata usually do different kind of jobs. 

7.Climatic diversity

Since continents are geographical big land mass, there are variations in climatic conditions of different. These types of variations are also experienced in different parts of India. The climatic diverse condition according Koppen classification is as follow:

Alpine

Humid subtropical

Tropical wet-dry

Tropical wet

Semi-arid

Arid

8.Vast region

Continents are usually big in geographical size. Australia which is country and also a continent is 6^th largest country in the world. India is 7^th biggest country just after Australia. So size is also a factor which puts it into sub-continent category. 

9. Religious diversity

India is home to most religious diverse population in the world. Religion like Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jains, Parsis. India is also birth place of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Budhism. 

10.Huge population

Since continents are huge landmass, huge populations can be found there. India is a country which is heavy huge population which makes it to be called sub-continent.

Summary:

India is truly a country with rich diversity, culture, history, geography which makes it not only a country and truly a subcontinent.