Will the Indian Plate eventually disappear

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Will the Indian Plate eventually disappear?

Apparently it's really thin, and it's ramming itself under Asia really (geologically) fast. Fast enough to create the Himalayas, in fact. So, if it carries on will it just dissappear? Have tectonic plates vanished before? Is it possible?
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