evaluate the different names of a country in ancient India
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The Republic of India has some principal short names in official Hindi and English usage, each of which is historically significant, "India", "Hind" and "Bharat" or "Bharatvarsh".[1][2][3] A fourth name, "Hindustan",[4][5][6] is sometimes an unofficial alternative name for the region when Indians speak among themselves or about the religion today known as Hinduism.[7] Meluhha or Melukhkha is the oldest known name for India, associated with Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), mentioned in the Sumerian and Akkadian text since c. 2334 BCE – 2154 BCE (possibly as earlier as 4500 BCE)
Different names of a country in ancient India
Explanation:
Some of the names of our country in ancient India are Hind, Bharat, Sindhu, Bharatvarsh, Hindustan, Bharatam, Indostan, Hindush. Apart from that the other names are,
Melukhkha/Meluhha is the oldest known name for India, that is associated with Indus Valley Civilisation
Aryavarta is a name for India's northern part where the culture of the Indo-Aryans was based
Jambudvipa was used in ancient scriptures as a name (meaning seven continents of the Puranas) before Bharata became India's official name.
According to Jain literature, before India was called Bharatvarsha it was known as Nabhivarsha (named after King Nabhi who was Bharata's grandfather)
Tenjiku/Tianzhu is the historical East Asian name for India which came from the Chinese translation of the Persian Hindu
Hodu is the Biblical Hebrew name for India, as in the Book of Esther (Old Testament)