INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The geographical region of Bharatavarsha, also called the subcontinent of India, stretches from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin and from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea. The Indian peninsula is a three-cornered, bounded by the giant Himalayas which stretches to the length of 2414 km.

Detailed explanation-3: -’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-4: -It is said that Bharata was a great Emperor who conquered and reigned over the whole Indian sub-continent. The empire of the emperor Bharata was called Bharatvarsha which spread out from the Himalayas to the sea. Regarding Bharatvarsha, one may say that it referred to ancient India.