The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat. INDIA has been
called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age ). The name `India’
is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were
the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred
to the river Indus as the Sindhu. The Persian invaders converted
it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu
and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
