A History of Agriculture in India v1.c7.4

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Whereas the Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic plain are comparatively young, the peninsula has a long geological history behind it. During the Triassic Period, there were three continents. Of these the North Atlantic continent comprising most of North America, and Angaraland comprising Russia, Siberia and China were in the north. To the south was the large continent of Gondwanaland, which comprised Peninsular India, Africa, South America, Australia and Antarctica. Separating the northern continents from the Gondwanaland was the Tethys Ocean, which covered northern India, Iran, Middle East and northern Africa.