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how did India get its present name​

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Answered by tripathiradha768
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The country of India or Bharat(India) has significantly been called by many names including "India", "Bharat" or "Bharatvarsh", or "Hind" or "Hindustan".[1][2][3][4][5][6][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).[8][9][10][11]

"Bhārät", the name for India in several Indian languages, is variously said to be derived from the name of either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata.[12] Initially Bharata referred only to the western part of the Gangetic Valley in North India, but was later more broadly applied to the Indian

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Answered by diyavdev
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The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, whichwas the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi, which translates as "the people of the Indus". in this way it get the name India rather than Hindustan.

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