where did the name of india come from
India The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu, equivalent to the Sanskrit word Sindhu,[21] which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River.[22] The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi (Ἰνδοί), which translates as "The people of the Indus".[23]
Punjab The region was originally called Sapta Sindhu,[4] the vedic land of the seven rivers flowing into the ocean.[5] The later name of the region, Punjab, is a compound of two Persian words,[1][6]
Buddhism in Southeast Asia
The Pale The word pale derives ultimately from the Latin word