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How did our country get the name 'Hindustan' and how its interpretation changed with time?​

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Hindu is Persian for Sindhu, the name for the Indus River in ancient Sanskrit. Thus, 'Hindustan' is 'the land beyond the Indus'. Hindustan became a commonly used term to refer to the Mughal Empire, comprising primarily of north India, prior to British rule.

In the thirteenth century the term "Hindustan" meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna. In the early sixteenth century, Babur used Hindustan to describe the geography, the fauna and the culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent.