Name: New Technologies and Lifestyles
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 44 s
Description: From the Persian wheel and firearms to tea and potatoes, new social relations formed with the introduction of the new technology into India. Learn how!

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Why was India known as Bharat? How did it come to be known as Hindustan?

Accepted Answer

The Mahabharata, which connects Bharat with the ruler Bharata, is one of the Hindu scriptures and epics from where the name of the nation of Bharat first appears. The word "Bharat," which refers to the home country of a former king named Bharata, has its origins in early Hindu texts. It stands for the Indian civilization's historical and cultural continuity.

India came to be known as Hindustan because:

The word "Hind" refers to the Indian subcontinent and is a word from the Persian language. Foreigners, invaders, and rulers adopted the title "Hindustan," which means "Land of the Hindus," to describe the regions that were influenced by the Hindu religion.

Hindustan eventually came to stand in for the entire Indian continent in the Persian and later Mughal systems of government. The name "Hindustan" is mentioned in Minhaj-i-Siraj's "Tabaqat-i-Nasiri" in relation to the Delhi Sultanate and Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, although mostly in the context of those two eras.

Why was India known as Bharat? How did it come to be known as Hindustan?

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