Origin of the Great Plains of India

There is no unanimity amongst the geologists about the origin of the Great Plains of India. The puzzling questions are related to the enormous thickness of the alluvium, nature of the depression, mode of its formation, subterranean rock-beds and the underlying geological structure. Some of the important views about the origin of the Northern Plains of India have been presented briefly in the following section:

1. Alluviation of the Foredeep 2. Infilling of a Rift Valley 3. Recession of the Sea 4. Remnant of the Tethys 5. Recent Views