Are the Himalayan mountains on a rift or continent?

The Himalayan mountains were created due to the collision of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate. This collision caused the landmass of India to be forced into the Eurasian continent. The Himalayas were thus formed as a result of the movement of the tectonic plates and the subsequent folding and uplifting of the earth's crust. So the answer is continent