The Himalaya Mountains Super-Region - Basic Overview
Himalaya Mountains Super-Region - Basic Geological Composition
The Himalaya can be Geologically divided in to 4 layers.
Terai Plains - Plains of the Foothills; Plains between/amidst the Sub-Himalayas; or Plains between the Sub-Himalaya and the Lower Himalaya
Lower Himalaya Mountains - The Mahabharata(s) Mountain Range - Medium Elevation Inhabited Hills / Mountains (1,500 - 3,000 meters elevation)
Greater Himalaya Mountains - The Great Himalaya Mountain Range - High Elevation Uninhabited Mountains.(3000 - 9000m elevation)
The following map depicts the above layers but not the Terai.
Also present on the Map is the Murree Range - an extension of the Lower and Sub Himalaya.
Also present on the Map is the Murree Range - an extension of the Lower and Sub Himalaya.
To the North of the Himalaya is the Tibet Plateau and Mountains. Between the Himalaya Mountains and the Tibet, other Transitional or Trans Himalaya layers are also present, most of which are in India.
Trans Himalaya-Tibet Mountain System
Trans-Himalaya Karakoram Mountain System
Trans Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains System (to the North-East at the Eastern end of the Himalaya - not mapped)
Regions of the Himalaya Mountains Super-Region
The Himalaya Mountains - Super-Region is further grouped into Regions according to the Culture, Peoples, Language, Geology, Political, etc. Click the Region name (Link) for that page.
Western Himalaya Mountain : Hindu - Region
Far Western Himalaya Mountain : Muslim - Region
North-East India Himalaya Mountain : Mixed - Region
Basic Composition
Nepal Himalaya Mountain Region - is Hindu
Pashima Bharata Himalaya Mountain Region - is Hindu
North-East India Himalaya Mountain Region - is mixed : Buddhist, Indigenous Religion, Hindu, Christian; and is scarcely populated.
Religious Composition of the North Western Himalaya Mountains of India
Religion is the basis for this categorization of the Regions of the North Western Himalaya Mountains.
The religious composition of the three Regions in the North East - Paschim Bharata Himalaya, Trans Himalaya-Tibet Ladakh, and West India Muslim Himalaya are unvaryingly : Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim. Though transitional areas are present between the Paschim Bharata Himalaya and the West India Muslim Himalaya - the Map only studies the transitional areas. The other areas outside these are religiously at 95-100%. All outlines are adjusted to geographically implicative features. Detailed material not available thus map is not accurate.
As there is steep jumps at the tehsil level between 80-100% of one religion to 80-100 % of another, with little 50/50% transition areas in between - it is obvious that a thorough village survey would indicate a 100%-100% line - which would make the actual boundaries of these Regions.
It is claimed that these areas had much larger Muslim populations and that a genocide occurred in 1947 (after which Muslim militants began overrunning the J&K state, the erstwhile Raja ceded to India, India military entered and the line of control ever since.)
Western Himalaya Mountain : Hindu - Region
Central Himalaya Mountain : Hindu - Region
Far Western Himalaya Mountain : Muslim - Region
North-East India Himalaya Mountain : Mixed - Region
Basic Composition
Nepal Himalaya Mountain Region - is Hindu
Pashima Bharata Himalaya Mountain Region - is Hindu
North-East India Himalaya Mountain Region - is mixed : Buddhist, Indigenous Religion, Hindu, Christian; and is scarcely populated.
Trans Himalaya-Tibet Mountain Buddhist Region - is the Buddhist portion of Trans Himalaya-Tibet
West India Muslim Mountain Himalaya Region - is Muslim areas of Himalaya and Trans Himalaya.Religious Composition of the North Western Himalaya Mountains of India
Religion is the basis for this categorization of the Regions of the North Western Himalaya Mountains.
The religious composition of the three Regions in the North East - Paschim Bharata Himalaya, Trans Himalaya-Tibet Ladakh, and West India Muslim Himalaya are unvaryingly : Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim. Though transitional areas are present between the Paschim Bharata Himalaya and the West India Muslim Himalaya - the Map only studies the transitional areas. The other areas outside these are religiously at 95-100%. All outlines are adjusted to geographically implicative features. Detailed material not available thus map is not accurate.
As there is steep jumps at the tehsil level between 80-100% of one religion to 80-100 % of another, with little 50/50% transition areas in between - it is obvious that a thorough village survey would indicate a 100%-100% line - which would make the actual boundaries of these Regions.
It is claimed that these areas had much larger Muslim populations and that a genocide occurred in 1947 (after which Muslim militants began overrunning the J&K state, the erstwhile Raja ceded to India, India military entered and the line of control ever since.)
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