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csomar
1599 days ago
India is derived from "Hindu". It rhymes and in some languages, it is the same.
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chupchap
1599 days ago
India is derived from the river Indus. As in the land around and beyond the Indus. Hindus came later as a way to describe the people and religion of the people in the region. Now it refers to the religion alone and not the people.
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