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by Sanujit
Etymology of the Name India
The name of India is a corruption of the word Sindhu. Neighbouring Arabs, Iranians uttered's' as 'h' and called this land Hindu. Greeks pronounced this name as Indus. Sindhu is the name of the Indus River, mentioned in the Rig-Veda, one...
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