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Bhaarateeyon ne Bhaarat ka Naam Kaise Rakha

Class 6 Social Science · Chapter 5: India, Yaani Bharat · NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond section 5.1

Seekho

Kenya mein Tanvi ki pen-friend likhti hai: "Tumhara desh theek kahan hai, aur tum use kya kehte ho?" Tanvi atlas kholti hai. Bhaarat Dakshin Asia ka vishaal desh hai, uttar mein Himalaya aur teen taraf samudra: paschim mein Arab saagar, poorv mein Bangaal ki khaadi aur dakshin mein Hind mahaasaagar. Ye prakritik seemaayein ise Bhaarateeya upmahaadweep banaati hain.

Aaj Bhaarat ka Samvidhaan desh ka varnan in shabdon se shuru karta hai: "India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States." To hamare desh ke do aadhikaarik naam hain. Par Bharat naam aaya kahan se?

Rigved jaise bahut purane granthon mein Bharata naam ke logon ka zikr hai, jo upmahaadweep ke uttar-paschim mein rehte the. Baad ke granth, jaise Vishnu Purana, Bharatavarsha ("Bharaton ka desh") ko samudra ke uttar aur barfeele pahaadon ke dakshin ki zameen batate hain, jo upmahaadweep se milta hai.

Ek aur praacheen naam Jambudvipa hai, "jambu (jamun) ke ped ka dweep". Samay ke saath ye upmahaadweep ke liye istemaal hone laga; samraat Ashoka ne ise ek abhilekh mein use kiya. Bhaarateeya bhaashaon ke naam bhi inhi jadon se aaye: Tamil aur Malayalam mein Bharatam, Bangla mein Bharot, Kannada mein Bharata.

Explore: Bhaarat dhoondo, phir naam milaao.

  1. Bhaarat Kark rekha ke paas hai. Marker 30°N, 75°E par rakho, Bhaarat ke uttar mein.
  2. Har card sahi naam ke neeche sort karo.

Yaad rakho

  • Samvidhaan kehta hai: "India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States."
  • Bharatavarsha (Bharaton ka desh) aur Jambudvipa (jamun ke ped ka dweep) praacheen Bhaarateeya naam hain.

Quick check

"Jambudvipa" ka matlab kya hai?

  1. Jamun ke ped ka dweep
  2. Nadiyon ka desh
  3. Sone ka pahaad
  4. Dakshini saagar
Answer

Jamun ke ped ka dweep. Jambu jamun ka ped hai; dvipa matlab dweep ya bhoo-bhaag.

Socho

Tumhe kya lagta hai logon ne apni zameen ka naam ek ped par kyun rakha?

Ek answer

Jamun ka ped poore Bhaarat mein ugta hai aur phal aur chhaaya ke liye keemti tha. Jagahon ke naam aam paudhon, nadiyon ya nishaanon par rakhna unka varnan karne ka sahaj tareeka tha.

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.