| 1 | Karakoram Range | Ladakh | K2 / Godwin-Austen* | 8,611 m | Siachen Glacier lies in the eastern Karakoram |
| 2 | Ladakh Range | Ladakh | — | — | Lies north of the Indus Valley |
| 3 | Zanskar Range | Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh | Kamet region | — | Forms part of the Trans-Himalayan system |
| 4 | Greater Himalayas (Himadri) | Himalayan states | Kanchenjunga | 8,586 m | Highest and most continuous Himalayan range |
| 5 | Pir Panjal Range | J&K, Himachal Pradesh | Indrasan | 6,221 m | Kashmir Valley lies north of it |
| 6 | Dhauladhar Range | Himachal Pradesh | Hanuman Tibba | 5,982 m | Dharamshala lies at its foothills |
| 7 | Shivalik Range | J&K → Uttarakhand → Himachal Pradesh | — | — | Youngest and outermost Himalayan range |
| 8 | Aravalli Range | Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat | Guru Shikhar | 1,722 m | One of India’s oldest mountain systems |
| 9 | Vindhya Range | MP, UP, Rajasthan | — | — | Lies north of the Narmada |
| 10 | Satpura Range | MP, Maharashtra | Dhupgarh | 1,350 m | Lies south of the Narmada |
| 11 | Western Ghats | Gujarat → Maharashtra → Goa → Karnataka → Kerala → TN | Anamudi | 2,695 m | Higher and more continuous than Eastern Ghats |
| 12 | Eastern Ghats | Odisha → AP → Telangana → TN | Jindhagada/Arma Konda | ~1,690 m | Discontinuous; crossed by major rivers |
| 13 | Nilgiri Hills | TN, Kerala, Karnataka | Doddabetta | 2,637 m | Western & Eastern Ghats meet here |
| 14 | Anaimalai Hills | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | Anamudi | 2,695 m | Highest peak of South India |
| 15 | Cardamom Hills | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | — | — | Famous for spice cultivation |
| 16 | Palani Hills | Tamil Nadu | — | — | Kodaikanal is located here |
| 17 | Nallamala Hills | AP, Telangana | — | — | Part of Eastern Ghats |
| 18 | Mahendragiri Hills | Odisha | Mahendragiri | ~1,501 m | Important Eastern Ghats peak |
| 19 | Rajmahal Hills | Jharkhand | — | — | Famous for Rajmahal volcanic traps |
| 20 | Garo Hills | Meghalaya | Nokrek | ~1,412 m | Western Meghalaya |
| 21 | Khasi Hills | Meghalaya | Shillong Peak | ~1,965 m | Mawsynram & Sohra region |
| 22 | Jaintia Hills | Meghalaya | — | — | Eastern Meghalaya; limestone & coal |
| 23 | Karbi Anglong / Mikir Hills | Assam | — | — | Important hill region of Assam |
| 24 | Patkai Hills | Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam | — | — | Part of Northeast hill system |
| 25 | Naga Hills | Nagaland, Manipur | Saramati | 3,826 m | Saramati is Nagaland’s highest peak |
| 26 | Mizo / Lushai Hills | Mizoram | Phawngpui | 2,157 m | Major hill system of Mizoram |
| 27 | Manipur Hills | Manipur | — | — | Surround the Imphal Valley |
| 28 | Mishmi Hills | Arunachal Pradesh | — | — | Eastern Arunachal Pradesh |
