Figure 11. Plate reconstruction between Arabia and India between 32.5 and 20 Ma, using GPlates (version 2.2.0) with a 3D orthographic projection. Note that India rotated counterclockwise, resulting in oblique convergence between both plates! The component of E/W-shortening between both plates amounted to ~100-135 km.
After 20 Ma convergence stopped as counterclockwise rotation of India ceased, and both plates experienced minor left-lateral motion until 11 Ma with some divergence between both plates (~27 km translation of India toward the NE; ~2.7 mm/a; between 20 and 11 Ma). The Indian reference point was at 25°07ꞌ48ꞌꞌN/67°24ꞌ36ꞌꞌE at 11 Ma.
From ~11 Ma to the present, India translated relatively towards the WSW, resulting in right-lateral motion and ~ENE/WSW-convergence between Arabia and India (~83 km translation of India towards the WSW; ~7.5 mm/a; between 11 Ma and today; Fig. 12).