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Why India is called Hindustan?

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Hindustan is gotten from the Persian (endonym Farsi) word Hindu related to the Sanskrit Sindhu. As per the ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (Rigveda). They are gotten from the old Indo-Aryan culture of the Indian Subcontinent and started as an oral convention that was gone down through ages before at last being written in Vedic Sanskrit somewhere in the range of 1500 and 500 BCE (Before Common Era). The Vedas were transmitted orally throughout various ensuing ages before at long last being filed in composed structure. Very little is thought about the creators of the Vedas, as the emphasis is put on the thoughts found in Vedic custom as opposed to the individuals who began the thoughts. The official name of the Republic of India was gotten from the Sanskrit name 'Sindhu' that alluded to Indus River. When the Persians vanquished both, the then Indian subcontinent and Greece in fifth century BCE, 'Sindhu' became 'Hindus' to stamp the 'place that is known for Hindus'. Hindustan turned into an ordinarily utilized term to allude to the Mughal Empire, including essentially of north India, preceding British principle.

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