HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Where does the name India come from?
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Indus River
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Indiana
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Inca
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Isis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus valley region was one of the earliest civilizations of the world. The Indus valley civilization started around 3300 BCE, since the Indian civilization started near the river Indus, our nation got its name “INDIA”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek (Indós), from Old Persian (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit (síndhu) (whence Sindh).
Detailed explanation-3: -2When The Discovery of India was published, these names, Hindustan, Bharat (also Bharata), India, coexisted in the subcontinent.
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