Question

the Indian subcontinent was known by different names over the centuries. discuss ​

Answer 1

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The Republic of India has some principal short names in official Hindi and English usage, each of which is historically significant, "India", "Hind" and "Bharat" or "Bharatvarsh".[1][2][3] A fourth name, "Hindustan",[4][5][6] is sometimes an unofficial alternative name for the region when Indians speak among themselves or about the religion today known as Hinduism.[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

Answer 2

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Persians called India as 'Hindustan' or the land of Hindus. Hindu was derived from Sindhu as Indian civilization was on banks of Sindhu. Ancient Greeks called Hindustan India which is now referred to as Republic of India. India was called such because Indian civilization was near Indus....

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