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Videshiyon ne Bhaarat ka Naam Kaise Rakha

Class 6 Social Science · Chapter 5: India, Yaani Bharat · NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond section 5.2

Seekho

Bahut pehle doosre deshon ke yaatri aur vyapaari upmahaadweep aaye. Wo aksar desh ka naam us mahaan nadi par rakhte jo unhe uttar-paschim mein pehle mili: Sindhu (Indus).

Purani Faarsi bhaasha mein "s" ki dhwani aksar "h" ban jaati thi. To Sindhu ban gaya Hindu, wo naam jo Iraani nadi ke paar ki zameen aur logon ke liye use karte the. Baad mein isse Hind aur Hindustan naam bane.

Praacheen Yunaaniyon ne ye naam Iraaniyon se suna aur "h" hata diya: unhone nadi ko Indos aur desh ko Indoi ya Indike kaha. Yunaani se ye Latin mein India bana, aur baad mein Angrezi mein.

Cheeni yaatriyon ne bhi is zameen ke baare mein likha. Prasiddh bhikshu Xuanzang, jo 7vi shataabdi CE mein Bauddh dharm padhne aaye, ne ise Yindu kaha; ek aur Cheeni naam Tianzhu tha. Har naam batata hai ki doosre hamari zameen ko kaise dekhte the, jabki yahan ke log ise Bharat jaante the.

Explore: naam ki yaatra dekho.

  1. Naamon ko unke aane ke kram mein lagao.

Yaad rakho

  • Iraaniyon ne Sindhu ko Hindu banaaya, jisse Hind aur Hindustan bane.
  • Yunaaniyon ne Indoi ya Indike kaha, jo India bana; Xuanzang jaise Cheeni yaatriyon ne Yindu ya Tianzhu kaha.

Quick check

"India" naam kis nadi ke naam se aaya?

  1. Sindhu (Indus)
  2. Ganga
  3. Godavari
  4. Kaveri
Answer

Sindhu (Indus). Sindhu → Hindu → Indos → India.

Socho

Tumhe kya lagta hai Bhaarat ke itne baahari naam ek nadi se kyun aaye?

Ek answer

Uttar-paschim se aane waale yaatriyon ke liye vishaal Sindhu pehla bada nishaan aur prakritik seema thi. Log aksar desh ka naam uske sabse prasiddh nishaan par rakhte hain.

Practice

Teen levels (easy, medium, hard) ke naye sawaalon se practice karo, kuch hands-on, hints aur hal ke saath. Topic poora karne ke liye pichhle 5 mein se 4 sahi karo.