The Foreign Names of the Indian Subcontinent

According Ancient appears authors Bangladesh Bengal Bharatavarsha borders boundary British Burma called century A.D. Ch'ien Chang chapter China Chinese cited coast connected connotation considered continents dated denoted described divided divisions earlier early east eastern edition editor empire existence expression extended frontier Gangem Ganges geographical greater Han-shu Hind Hindoostan Hindustan History Hudud Ibid identified included incorporated India India Extra Indian subcontinent indicated inscription island Jambudvipa Journal king kingdom known land latter least limits located lower Indus lying major means mediaeval mentioned mountain Mukherjee name India northern noted observed Ocean originally perhaps period Persian Peshawar placed pointed political probably province Ptolemy Purāṇa question referred region river route Shen-tu side Sindhu situated Society sources southern Strabo stretched Studies suggest T'ien-chu term term India territory texts thousand trade VIII western whole