the ruler of India or Hindustan was called
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Hindustan (Persian: هندوستان About this soundpronunciation (help·info)), along with its shortened form Hind (هند),[1] are the Persian names for India, broadly the Indian subcontinent, which later became used by its inhabitants in Hindi–Urdu (Hindustani).[2][3][4][5] Other toponyms of the subcontinent include Jambudvipa, Bharata, and India. After the Partition of India, it continues to be used as a historic name for the Republic of India.[6][7][8]
Johnson's Hindostan or British India map, 1864
A secondary meaning of Hindustan is as a geographic term for the Indo-Gangetic Plain in northern India.[
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