Question

the term India for bharatvarsh was used for the first time by whom ​

Answer 1

The term Bharatvarsh was first used by the king Bharata Chakravarti.

Explanation:

• There is a famous story in Mahabharata that says that India was known as Bharatvarsha named after the King Bharata Chakravarti.
• He was famous because he conquered almost all of Greater India, and bounded all the states into a single political entity which was named "Bharatvarsha".
• However, on 18th September in 1949, the constitution assembly considered many names for the Indian nation and Bharatvarsh was one of them. But in the end, India became the official name of the nation.

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Answer 2

The term "India" for Bharatvarsh was actually derived from the Sanskrit name 'Sindhu' which referred to Indus River.

Explanation:

• When the Persians invaded both Greece and the then Indian sub-continent  in the fifth century B.C.E, 'Sindhu' became 'Hindus' (that is, the Old Persian equivalent of Sindhu was Hindu)to mark 'Hindus' land.' 'Hindus' originated from the Greek Herodotus  to 'Indos' and made its 1st appearance in ninth century Old English. Finally Indos made way to the word India in the 17 century in Modern English language
• Even though he had little understanding of the geography of the region, Herodotus also generalized the word "Indian" from the inhabitants of the lower Indus basin to all people living east of Persia. By Alexander's period,"India" in Koine Greek denoted the region beyond the Indus
• "India" was known in Old English language and was used in King Alfred's ( King of the Wessex and Anglo-Saxons) translation of Paulus Orosius ( Roman priest, historian).  In Middle English, the name was, then replaced by "Ynde/Inde" under the influence of the French, which had entered Early Modern English as "Indie".Finally, the name "India" then came back to English usage from the 17th century onward.
• 'India' shares its etymology with 'Hindustan,' linking this land to the Indus River via the Persian 'Hind.' It was commonly used in the post-seventeenth century English language, and eventually became the English reference to this region.
• The Constituent Assembly discussed on 18 September 1949 on different terms for the Indian country that had yet to be born - 'Bharat,' 'Hindustan,' 'Hind,' 'Bharatbhumi,' 'Bharatvarsh.' Eventually, Article 1(1) of the Indian Constitution was the official and the only clause on the name of the country, saying that 'India, that is, Bharat, shall be a Union of States.' Therefore, 'India' is equated with 'Bharat,' meaning that language is the only substantive differentiator.'
• When India's first constitution came into being on 26 January  1950 Bharat was thought to be India's other official name.