India That Is Bharat Class 6 QA
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The word ‘Sindhava’ comes from the river name ‘Sindhu’.
The Rig Veda calls the northwest region ‘Sapta Sindhava’, meaning the land of seven rivers.
The word ‘Bhārata’ means the country of the Bharatas.
The term ‘Jambudvīpa’ means the island of the jamun tree.
Emperor Aśhoka ruled around 250 BCE.
The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa describes India as the land north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains.
The Persian word ‘Hindu’ came from ‘Sindhu’.
The Chinese name for India was ‘Yindu’ or ‘Yintu’.
The phrase ‘India, that is Bharat’ is written in the Constitution of India.
The Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited India in the 7th century CE.
Short Question–Answers
Q: What is the meaning of ‘Sapta Sindhava’?
A: It means land of the seven rivers.
Q: What does the word ‘Bhārata’ mean?
A: It means the country of the Bharatas, an ancient group mentioned in the Rig Veda.
Q: Who first used the term ‘Jambudvīpa’?
A: Ancient Indian texts like the Mahābhārata and Emperor Aśhoka’s inscriptions used it.
Q: What does the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa say about Bhārata?
A: It says Bhārata is the land north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains.
Q: Who were the first foreigners to mention India?
A: The Persians were the first foreigners to mention India.
Q: What name did the Persians give to India?
A: They called it Hind or Hindu.
Q: What name did the Greeks use for India?
A: The Greeks called it Indoi or Indike.
Q: What did the Chinese call India?
A: The Chinese called it Yindu or Tianzhu.
Q: What is written in the Indian Constitution about India’s name?
A: It says “India, that is Bharat.”
Q: Who was Xuanzang and why did he come to India?
A: He was a Chinese traveller who came to study Buddhism and collect religious texts.
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