INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus valley civilization started around 3300 BCE, since the Indian civilization started near the river Indus, our nation got its name “INDIA”. India was also home to an indigenous tribe called Bharata. This was how we derived the name Bharat for the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indus River, Tibetan and Sanskrit Sindhu, Sindhi Sindhu or Mehran, great trans-Himalayan river of South Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word “India” is derived from the Indus River.

Detailed explanation-4: -Originating in the western part of Tibet in the vicinity of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through northern India (Ladakh), into northern Pakistan, and then flows along the entire length of Pakistani Punjab to merge into the Arabian Sea near the city of Thatta in Sindh.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term ‘Hindu’ is derived from the word ‘Sindhu’, referring to the River Sindhu or River Indus. When people from Central Asia and West Asia mentioned the Indian subcontinent, they always called it ‘the land beyond Sindhu’.