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w1ntermute on July 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why My Father Hated India

Yeah, only the English language name uses "India". All the Indian language names are something like "भारत गणराज्य"/"Bhārat Gaṇarājya" (Hindi).

> The name India has it's roots in Latin and not in Sanskrit

Actually, the Latinate name originates from the Sanskrit name "Sindhu" for the Indus river, as it says in the Wikipedia article you linked.

kubrickslair on July 17, 2011 | [–]

But for all practical purposes, most of North and Middle India do not use Bharat, but Hindustan- which was also derived from river Indus.

deepGem on July 17, 2011 | [–]

Aah..didn't notice that. Thanks.

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