India–Indonesia relations lessons on Indian culture, as well as promoting art such as Yoga, Indian music and dance. India–Indonesia relations Indian-Indonesian relations refers to the bilateral relations of India and Indonesia. India and Indonesia are neighbours. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Indonesia along the Andaman Sea. The Indian-Indonesian relationship stretch back for almost two millennia. In 1950, the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno, called upon the peoples of Indonesia and India to "intensify the cordial relations" that had existed between the two countries "for more than 1000 years" before they had been "disrupted" by colonial powers. India
Names for India the modern nations of the subcontinent when Indians speak among themselves. The usage of "Bharat", "Hindustan", or "India" depends on the context and language of conversation. Although "the Aryavarta" was eventually accepted as a term for all of India, previously it was only a name of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. According to Manusmṛti North India (i.e., India north of the Vindhyas) is also known as (Sanskrit: , abode of the Vedic people). The English term is from Greek Indika (cf. Megasthenes' work Indica) or (), via Latin transliteration . The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit (), which was the name of