The Himalaya were born when the Indian plate, drifting northward from the Mesozoic supercontinent of Gondwana, slammed into the Eurasian plate about 45 million years ago.

• 喜马拉雅山诞生在4500万年前，当时印度板块由中生代的刚瓦那超大陆，向北隐没入欧亚板块。