Different Names of India
Channel: Margaret Gangte
Date: 2022-08-08

India is a territory called by different names. The territory had Hebrew empire Tianzhu under Yuezhi tribe from Hunan province China- the KUSHANAS

1. Hodu is the Biblical Hebrew name for India and is mentioned in the Old Testament.

2. Tianzhu- Tianzhu is the historical East Asian name for India. Tiandu (天篤) is used in the Book of the Later Han.A detailed account of Tianzhu is given in the "Xiyu Zhuan" (Record of the Western Regions) in the Hou Hanshu compiled by Fan Ye (398–445).
"The state of Tianzhu: Also, named Yuandu, it lies several thousand li southeast of Yuezhi. Its customs are the same as those of Yuezhi, and it is low, damp, and very hot. It borders a large river. The inhabitants ride on elephants in warfare; they are weaker than the Yuezhi. They practise the way of Futu [the Buddha], [and therefore] it has become a custom [among them] not to kill or attack [others]. From west of the states Yuezhi and Gaofu, and south until the Western Sea, and east until the state of Panqi, all is the territory of Yuandu. Yuandu has several hundred separate towns, with a governor, and separate states which can be numbered in the tens, each with its own king. Although there are small differences among them, they all come under the general name of Yuandu, and at this time all are subject to Yuezhi. Yuezhi have killed their kings and established a general in order to rule over their people. The land produces elephants, rhinoceros, tortoise shell, gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin. It communicates to the west with Da Qin [the Roman Empire], and [so] has the exotica of Da Qin.
Tianzhu was also referred to as Wutianzhu (五天竺, literal meaning is "Five Indias"), because there were five geographical regions in India known to the Chinese: Central, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India.

3. Jambudweep: Jambudvipa (Sanskrit: जम्बुद्वीप, romanized: Jambu-dvīpa, lit. 'berry island') was used in ancient scriptures as a name of India before Bhārata became the official name. The derivative Jambu Dwipa was the historical term for India in many Southeast Asian countries before the introduction of the English word "India". The term is based on the concept of dvīpa, meaning "island" or "continent" in Ancient Indian cosmogony. I believe, ancient Indian cosmogony is ancient Sumerian origin of the universe. India was part of a landmass Gondwana  that  broke and joined  Asia. The term Dvipa island was used to describe the big island  by Sumerians  who  built Harappan  civilization  in Indus valley. 

4. Bharat came from the 10 clans Bharatas  that defeated. foreign invaders  in Northern India. Rigveda described Bharatas as cousins of  Yadavas, who were  Yahudah tribe of Southern  ysrael kingdom. It means that Bharatas were 10  tribes of Northern kingdom of Ysrael. 

5. Aryavarta  is used by Indo Aryans  to described themselves as occupiers  of the territory.

6. Hindustan came from river Indus civilization  pronounced as  Hindus  by Persian travellers, The term Hindustan is derived from river  Indus civilization  built by  Sumerians, who later migrated as  Dravidians to Deccan plateau.

7. India is a term used by British  to refer to Indus pronounced as Hindus by Persian travellers.
There is no evidence in history to show  Aryan civilization in India. India was a Hebrew territory  with Hebrew empire and kingdoms. Indus valley  civilization belonged to  Sumerian Dravidian..

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