Ho did India was called hindustan in the medieval period
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Hindustan is derived from the Persian word Hindu. ... In the geographical sense: The areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna was referred to as Hindustan. In the political sense: The lands that were a part of the dominions of the Delhi Sultan were referred to as Hindustan.
In the early 11th century a satellite state of the Ghaznavids in the Punjab with its capital at Lahore was called "Hindustan". After the Delhi Sultanate was established, north India, especially the Gangetic plains and the Punjab, came to be called "Hindustan".
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