Why is india called india ?

Question

Why is india called india ?

Answer 1

Well, the name appeared in the writings of ancient Greek and Latin authors (Herodot, Strabo, Tacitus and others). The arabs borrowed their name for India (Hind) from the Greeks.

Answer 2

Derivation of the word Indus, plus Britishers finding it difficult to pronounce Bharat.

Answer 3

India is derived from Indus(hindu in Persian)

Answer 4

during the british rule, the britishers could not spell bharath .

so due the holy river of indus which is flowing in india, they called bharath or hindustan as india

thats it

Answer 5

For the same reason that apples are called apples.  Get it?

Answer 6

search somewhere els!

Answer 7

because..

Answer 8

Why u r called neethu?

Answer 9

"Indus" is the name of the river derived from "Sindhu."

"india" is derived from "indus"

as india is the name given by british, that too with a lot of changes, we should stop the use of the name india. It will be better to use "Bharat" or "hindustan"

Answer 10

The word comes form "Hindu" and "Indus"

Another name for India is Bharat

Answer 11

river indus..........the men fvrom west had to cross indus to reach india...thats how the name origined

Answer 12

because they are not called pakistan

Answer 13

i am not Indian but Indian i think was hindian which comes from hindoo or hindi which is indians religion

Answer 14

The name India /'ɪndiə/ 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 Constitution of India and common usage also recognise Bharat (/bʰɑːrət̪/ ?·i), as an official name of equal status. A third name, Hindustan (/hin̪d̪ust̪ɑːn/ ?·i) (Persian: Land of the Hindus < Old Persian Hindu, India / land of the Indus < Sanskrit Sindhu, any river/the Indus) has been used since the twelfth century, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied.