Bharat Varsha

• India has been known by various names throughout history, reflecting different cultural, historical, and geographical aspects.

• The Constitution of India defines the name India, i.e. Bharat

Jambudvipa

• Jambudvipa (berry island) was used in ancient scriptures before the term Bhārat became widespread.

Aryawarta

• Land of Arya, used in Hindu  Baudhayana, Vasistha , Manava Dharmasastra , referring to the areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and surrounding regions settled by Indo-Aryan tribes.

Brahmavarta

• Manusmriti describes Brahmavarta as the region between the rivers Sarasvati and Drishadvati in India

Bharat

• Term Bharat has been used in Many Puranas, Vedas

Vishnu Purana

Uttaraṃ yat samudrasya himādreścaiva dakṣiṇam.

varṣaṃ tad bhārataṃ nāma bhāratī yatra santatiḥ.

• Describes "Bharata" as the land between the southern sea and the northern snowy Himalayan Mountain.

  
  

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 King Bharata

• King Bharata, the son of Dushyant and Shakuntala, who was an ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas.

Bharat Chakravarti

• Eldest son of First Jain Tirthankar Rishabhnath '

• Derived from the name of the Vedic community of Bharats, who are mentioned in the Rigveda.

Epigraphical references

• Bharat Varsh, in a geographical sense, is mentioned in the

• Hathigumpha inscription of King Kharavela (1st century BCE). The inscription clearly states that Bharat was named after Bharat, the son of the first Jain Tirthankar, Rishabhdev.

India

• Name India derived from the word Indus (River)

• In Modern times, British and Western world usually use the word India.

  
  

  

  
  

Hindustan

• Popularised after Islamic Invasion in India.

• Hindush word use by Achaemenid emperor Darius I, when he conquered the Indus valley in about 516 BCE

• Sindh was referred to as Hindustan in the Naqsh-e-Rustam inscription of Sassanid emperor Shapur I in c. 486 CE.

• Later, the Persians, Arabs and Mughal also used the term Hind or Hindustan to refer to the land of Indus.

• Initially Britishers used term Hindoostan/ Hindusthan

  
  

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Other Name of India

Meluha	Mentioned in Mesopotamian Text during Indus Valley civilization
Gyagar	Tibetan name for India.
Phagyul	Tibetan name meaning "the land of Aryans."
Tianzhu	Used since ancient times in China for India.
Hodu	mentioned in the Book of Esther
Tenjiku	Japanese name of India