What was the Indian name give to greeks and romans
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The Greeks referred to the Indians as "Indói" (Greek: Ἰνδοί), literally meaning "the people of the Indus River". Indians called the Greeks Yonas or “Yavanas” from Ionians.
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The Indian name given to greeks and Romans are explained below:-
- Sindhu word was mispronounced as INDOS by the ancient Greeks who had the habit of misprouncing the word.
- Even Bharatvarsha was mispronounced as INDOS by the Alexander and his historians.
- In Roman Indus became India later on, which was first in latin pronounced Sindhu as Indus.
- This name was used by Britishers as well.
- "Indói" literally means " The poeple of Indus River" in the greeks.
- Yonas or "Yavanas" from lonians were called by Indians to the Greeks.
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