Question

what is the basis of naming Bharat as 'india'?
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Answer 1

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The name is derived from the ancient Hindu Puranas, which refer to the land that comprises India as Bhāratavarṣa (Sanskrit: भारतवर्ष, lit. country of Bharata) and uses this term to distinguish it from other varṣas or continents.

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Answer 2

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The name 'Bharata' stuck on the mouth of people and ultimately named as 'Bharat Varsha' meaning the land of Bharata. According to Mahabharata the popular story states that India was called Bharatvarsha after the king named Bharata Chakravarti.

The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit Síndhu (सिन्धु), which was the name of the Indus River as well as the country at the lower Indus basin (modern Sindh, in Pakistan).[4][5] The Old Persian equivalent of Síndhu was Hindu.[6] Darius I conquered Sindh in about 516 BCE, upon which the Persian equivalent Hinduš was used for the province at the lower Indus basin.[