What did 'Hindustan' stand for the medieval period?
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Ancient name for river Indus was Sindhu. So the term was referred to denote those who lived in the Indian subcontinent on or beyond the “Sindhu” river. The Greeks found difficulty in pronouncing S, thus making it easier for the Greeks to pronounce it as Hindu
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Hindustan is a Persian word that means “land of the Indus” or “land beyond the Indus”. ... So, in the Middle Ages, Hindustan was the Persian name for South Asia, the region that now includes Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
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