GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Rig Veda
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Sam veda
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Atharva Veda
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Bharatvarsha’ was the name used for the whole country. It was given by the most important people of the Rig Veda. They were ‘Bharatas’ who were settled in the region between the rivers Saraswati and Yamuna.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Mahabharata the popular story states that India was called Bharatvarsha after the king named Bharata Chakravarti.
Detailed explanation-3: -Barato, the Esperanto name for India, is also a derivation of Bhārata. According to the Puranas, this country is known as Bharatavarsha after Bharata, the son of Rishabha. He was a Kshatriya born in Ikshvaku Dynasty(Solar Dynasty).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Rig Veda consists of 1028 hymns, organised into ten books known as maṇḍalas. Each maṇḍala has sūktas (hymns) formed by individual strophes called ṛc (ric) from which the name Rig Veda.