the meaning of hindustan has changed explain
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The term ‘Hindustan’ is interpreted differently by different people, which are as follows:
Present Context: Today, this term refers to what we know as ‘India’, the modern nation-state.
Thirteenth Century: In this period, when this term was used by Mihaj-i-Siraj, a chronicler who wrote in Persian, it included;
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. The areas included in this term shifted with the extent of the Sultanate. It never included south India.
Sixteenth Century: This term was used by Babar to describe the geography, culture and fauna of the inhabitants of the subcontinent.
Fourteenth Century: The term ‘Hind’ used in this period by the poet Amir Khusrau was somewhat similar to the way it was used in the sixteenth century.
The term ‘Hindustan’ did not carry the political and national meaning that we associate with it today in spite of the existence of a geographical and cultural entity like ‘India’.
Present Context: Today, this term refers to what we know as ‘India’, the modern nation-state.
Thirteenth Century: In this period, when this term was used by Mihaj-i-Siraj, a chronicler who wrote in Persian, it included;
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. The areas included in this term shifted with the extent of the Sultanate. It never included south India.
Sixteenth Century: This term was used by Babar to describe the geography, culture and fauna of the inhabitants of the subcontinent.
Fourteenth Century: The term ‘Hind’ used in this period by the poet Amir Khusrau was somewhat similar to the way it was used in the sixteenth century.
The term ‘Hindustan’ did not carry the political and national meaning that we associate with it today in spite of the existence of a geographical and cultural entity like ‘India’.
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