India was known as Hindustan as the British crossed river Indus and entered India.
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Hindustan is derived from the Persian word Hindū cognate with the Sanskrit Sindhu. ... In 515 BCE, Darius I annexed the Indus Valley including Sindhu, the present day Sindh, which was called Hindu in Persian. During the time of Xerxes, the term "Hindu" was also applied to the lands to the east of Indus.
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