hiii why we say india what is the meaning
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its means bharat........................
Hindustan is a persian word meaning 'The Land of Hindus'. This is how India gets its name. India because it is derived from the Indus Valley Civilization. And another name, BHARAT which stands back to mythology, after 'Bharat' who was the son of Shakuntala and Dushyant.(And not the brother of Rama).
Hindustan is a persian word meaning 'The Land of Hindus'. This is how India gets its name. India because it is derived from the Indus Valley Civilization. And another name, BHARAT which stands back to mythology, after 'Bharat' who was the son of Shakuntala and Dushyant.(And not the brother of Rama).
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India has two official names (written in the Constitution itself) - India and Bharat. She also has one (or two) unofficial names. The first is Hindustan. The other unofficial name (used rarely nowadays) is Bharatbarshha.
Bharatbarsha, which later gave rise to the the shortened official name Bharat, is the name given to these lands (roughly the Peninsular including the Gangetic plain and the Desert in the west) traditionally in Hindu (that is Sanatan Dharma) religious scriptures and other old pieces of literature in the languages used (Sanskrit, Pali etc., I am not sure about what is the name used in ancient Tamil scriptures) in this region.
Hindustan - this derives from the River Indus or Indos (or Sindhu) and was the name given to the lands around and to the east of the river Indus by Persians and Arabs (Al Hind) during the late ancient period and middle ages. It (Hindu) was also the name of the traditional/incumbent Aryan religion of these lands and the people who followed that religion - given by the same Persians and Arabs. It is important to note here that in the languages of the Central Asian countries our country is known as Hindistan and not Hindustan. Later on, at some point of time the language spoken in large part of this was given a name cognate to Hindu - Hindi. [Before 1700 it did not occured to the Sanatan Dharma followers to call themselves Hindus or their religion Hindu Religion. It was what foreigners used to call them. But I digress]
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Bharatbarsha, which later gave rise to the the shortened official name Bharat, is the name given to these lands (roughly the Peninsular including the Gangetic plain and the Desert in the west) traditionally in Hindu (that is Sanatan Dharma) religious scriptures and other old pieces of literature in the languages used (Sanskrit, Pali etc., I am not sure about what is the name used in ancient Tamil scriptures) in this region.
Hindustan - this derives from the River Indus or Indos (or Sindhu) and was the name given to the lands around and to the east of the river Indus by Persians and Arabs (Al Hind) during the late ancient period and middle ages. It (Hindu) was also the name of the traditional/incumbent Aryan religion of these lands and the people who followed that religion - given by the same Persians and Arabs. It is important to note here that in the languages of the Central Asian countries our country is known as Hindistan and not Hindustan. Later on, at some point of time the language spoken in large part of this was given a name cognate to Hindu - Hindi. [Before 1700 it did not occured to the Sanatan Dharma followers to call themselves Hindus or their religion Hindu Religion. It was what foreigners used to call them. But I digress]
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