The name “Bharat” comes from Puranic literature and the epic Mahabharata.
It refers to the land between the “sea in the south and the abode of snow in the north”.
It is also the name of the ancient king of legend who was the ancestor of the Rig Vedic tribe of the Bharatas.
The name “India” is thought to have derived from ‘Hindu’, the Persian cognate form of the Sanskrit ‘Sindhu’ (Indus).
The name “Hindustan” was used to describe the entire Indo-Gangetic plain.
The name of India has a long and complex history. It is thought to have derived from ‘Hindu’, the Persian cognate form of the Sanskrit ‘Sindhu’ (Indus).
Today, the name ‘Bharat’ is increasingly being used by some people as a way to reclaim India’s pre-colonial identity.
There is speculation that the government may officially change the name of the country from India to Bharat, but this has not yet been confirmed.