When and How did India get her beautiful name?

Question

Also what is the meaning of the name India?

Answer 1

indukush becomes india

means hindu people who living more in indukush(india)

Answer 2

As you may have known by now the Ans for ur ques.

Additional to that: Indian was termed in Non Indian region, but Indian called it Bharat- Invaders named it Hindustan.

Answer 3

i prefer if it had name "BHARAT".  

Answer 4

The name India (pronounced /ˈɪndiə/) is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi (Ινδοί), the people of the Indus. The Constitution of India and common usage in various Indian languages also recognise Bharat , /bʰɑːrət̪/) as an official name of equal status Hindustan (/hin̪d̪ust̪ɑːn/ ), which is the Persian word for “Land of the Hindus” and historically referred to northern India, is also occasionally used as a synonym for all of India.

Answer 5

Read it at

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Answer 6

"The name India (pronounced /ˈɪndiə/) is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#Etymo...

"The English term is from Greek "Hindía" (Ἰνδία), via Latin "India". "Hindía" in Byzantine (Koine Greek) ethnography denotes the region beyond the Indus (Ἰνδός) river, since Herodotus (5th century BC) ἡ Ἰνδική χώρη "Indian land", Ἰνδός "an Indian", from Avestan "Hinduš" (referring to Sindh, and listed as a conquered territory by Darius I in the Persepolis terrace inscription). The name is derived ultimately from "Sindhu", the Sanskrit name of the river, but also meaning "river" generically."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_In...

Answer 7

india got her name from the word indoi which means people who lived near river indus

all those which are giving you answers from wikipedia are fools

being indians they don't know how they got their name

Answer 8

so, why don't you check wikipedia yourself?