Why was india known as bharat? How does it come to be known as hindustan? How did babur describe india
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The name Bharat is derived from the legendary king Bharat who was ancestor of kauravas and pandavas; son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala
Hindu is Persian for Sindhu, the name for the Indus River in ancient Sanskrit. Thus, 'Hindustan' is 'the land beyond the Indus'. ... When the Vishva Hindu Parishad, in 2003, demanded India's name to be changed to 'Hindustan', it was 'Hindusthan' they spoke of, instead of the forme
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. Babur used the term hindustan to describe the geography, fauna and culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent.
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