from where india got its name?

Answer 1

I recently came across some information whilst studying differant tribes around world that have the name 'Sindi'.

It seems that India means land of water. The root of the name is 'Sin' meaning water. People to the West and Northwest of India referred to the land as Sind, possibly meaning the land beyond the river Sind or perhaps the country by the sea.

When the Persians invaded, in their native tongue 's' becomes 'h' making Sind into 'Hind'.

'Hind' became 'Ind' which is where India is from.
I assume 'Hindu' and 'Hindi' came from this source as well.

Its a possibility that in the ancient world, people from the lands now known as India were called Sindi. There were people called 'Sindi' settled above the Black Sea and also in the near/middle East. There are families within Kurdish tribes called Sindi. Gypsies of Europe were and still are called 'Sinte' from 'Sindi' and 'Sindoi'. -

Answer 2

From the river Sindhu.
That part of land through which the river Sindhu flows is the land of Hindus. Even now in Middle East ( also Pakistan) India is called Hindustan.
The land where Hindu's reside is Hindia or India as the Europeans pronounce or write it.

Answer 3

From the river Sindhu.
That part of land through which the river Sindhu flows is the land of Hindus. Even now in Middle East ( also Pakistan) India is called Hindustan.
The land where Hindu's reside is Hindia or India as the Europeans pronounce or write it.

Answer 4

India got its name from the river Sindhu and the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The Sindhu flows through the land of Hindus. It is also as called Hindustan.
The Indus Valley cvilisation developed here and the
the land where Hindus reside is India

Answer 5

Indus Valley Civilization which is second oldest human civilization has taken place in the Northern part of Indian Sub Continent in the Year 2K BC and from the name Indus british Coloneal Ruler given simpler name India.

Same way for their sake without looking in to the local residents point of view English ruler changed plenty of cities name like Chennai - Madras, Tiruvananthapuram - Trivandrum, Kolkatta - Culcutta etc.

Answer 6

I thought it was called the Indus River and not Sindhus. Anyway its from the river and people living on one side of it were refered to as Hindius. From that comes the word Hindia and then India. The word hindu and India are not found anywhere else in the sastras or anywhere else.

Answer 7

India is derived from the word Hindia or Hindustan....

Answer 8

On a Lighter note, I saw a joke which said

"A King was having sex with his mistress and thinking the name for this country as well....just then she asked --'Is it IN DEAr'?

Thats how we got India

Answer 9

what a great question!
I wouldn't have a clue but that answer looks pretty cool