india has thin land roots. That's why it moved about five times faster and further away than other landmasses when it broke apart from its mother supercontinent
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/why-india-drifted-fast-gondwanaland
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/maureen-nandini-mitra
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geology
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
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