Who were know as dwiza in ancient India
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1)The ancient name of India was Aja Nabha Varsha.
(Aja means Brahma. Nabha means navel or central portion.
Varsha means nation/country.)
2)Bharata (Bha means light and knowledge. Rata means
devoted to light as against darkness.) The whole country
was highly enlightened spiritually.
According to another source, the name Bharat for India
is derived from king Bharat, the son of Shakuntala, wife
of king Dushyanta.
3)People who lived on the bank of river Indus were
called originally as Indu and later as Hindu and the
land came to be called as Hindusthan.
4)The name India was given by the British.
5)Aryavarta is another name which refers to India.
The Aryans who entered the country,
ruled it, and settled here.Aryan means good and noble.
The natives who were non-Aryans were called as Dasyus.
6)Jambu Dweepa ( the shape of India resembles jamun fruit)
is the vedic name of India.
7)”Tianzhu”(=spiritual centre) was the Chinese name during
Tang Dynasty for ancient India. This was because of the Indian
origin of Buddhism.
8)Before the British and Muslims came to India, our Bharat Varsha
was a land of plenty and was nicknamed as ”Sone ki Chidiya”
(=”Bird of Gold”)-according to author Shri S.P.Attri.
9.Hodu is the Biblical name for India mentioned in the
Book of Esther.
Source:Cultures of Ancient India
People who lived on the bank of river Indus were
called originally as Indu and later as Hindu and the
land came to be called as Hindusthan.