Which peninsula in India lies south of the Vindhya Range?

Which peninsula in India lies south of the Vindhya Range? The answer is the Deccan Peninsula.

The Deccan Peninsula occupies most of southern India, with the Vindhya and Satpura ranges forming its northern boundary in broad geographical descriptions. Its core is the Deccan Plateau, a vast elevated tableland extending across much of Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, with smaller areas in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The word “Deccan” comes from Sanskrit dakṣiṇa, meaning “south.” Historically, the term did not always describe one fixed area: rulers and historians used it for lands beyond the southern frontier of northern Indian kingdoms. That is why older definitions may place its northern limit at different rivers or mountain systems.

A common mix-up is treating the Deccan Plateau and Deccan Peninsula as identical. The plateau forms the bulk of the peninsula, but the peninsula is the larger geographic landform. The Western and Eastern Ghats flank the plateau and separate it from India’s coastal plains.