Question

HEY !!

The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by________.

1) The Greeks

2) The Romans

3) The Chinese

4) The Arabs

Explanation is necessary !!

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Answer 1

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option 1. is correct.

The word Hindu or Indu was used by Greeks to denote the country and the people living beyond the Indus river.Megasthenes 'Indica'
epitomizes the name for India and Indians around the 5th Century B.C.E.this word was misunderstood to be coined by Arabs,by medieval and some modern Indian historians.

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Answer 2

Answer:

It were the Greek and the Iraninans who first called the land east of river Indus as India , the river Indus as 'Indos' or 'Hindos' and the people living in it as ' Hindu'.

Explanation:

•The river Indus was called Sindhu in Sanskrit language.

•The Greek and Iraninans who came from the north west knew about 2500 years ago, knew about the river Indus and called it 'Indos' or ' Hindos'

•They referred to land North west of river Indus as 'India' and called the people living in India as 'Hindu'.

• It referred to people living in Northern art of India.

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