SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Samaveda
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Atharvaveda
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Yajurveda
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Rigveda
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bharata King and their priest are respectively mentioned as Sudas Paijavana and Vasistha, in the Rig Veda; however the names change in Samaveda and Yajurveda Samhitas.
Detailed explanation-2: -’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-3: -’Bharat’ comes from Sanskrit and is the most ancient term of the three, with references in the Hindu Puranas and the Mahabharata to ‘Bharatvarsa’ and with a reference to a Bharata tribe in the Rigveda.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bhārata was selected as an alternative name of India in 1950. The name Bhārata or Bhārata-varṣa (Bharata-varsha) is said to be derived from the name of thithankar Rishabhanath’s son Bharata. Several Puranas state that it is derived from the name of Bharata, the son of Rishabha.