Indian subcontinent http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/223506007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60140 A southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geologically, the Indian subcontinent is related to the land mass that rifted from Gondwana and merged with the Eurasian plate nearly 55 million years ago. Geographically, it is the peninsular region in south-central Asia delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Arakanese in the east. Politically, the Indian subcontinent includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Indian South Asia West Asia