phylumchordata
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There exists no country by the name of India until British created it in 1947. Prior to the British Raj, it was Mughal Empire and a few other kingdoms.
Indeed, the intellect world community romance with India. India history was written by German and British indologists.
Names of India:
Aryavarta: Rigveda: 1500 BC
Hindush: Persians: 486 BC
India: Greeks : 440 BC
Bharatam : Vishnupuran :320 CE
Wǔ Yìn and Tianzhu : China
Tenjiku :Japan
Greater India or Middle India : Marco Polo
India the greater : Friar Jordanus in his quote :1328 :"What shall I say? The great- ness of this India is beyond description. But let this much suffice concerning India the Greater and the Less. Of India Tertia I will say this, that I have not indeed seen its many marvels, not having been there. . . ."
India Minor : Clajivo :1440
That said India has been a nation several times in its history:
btw Mauryans were the first to unite the land followed by Guptas , Chauhans, Marathas , Sultans, Kushans etc. etc., there was also a time before Mauryans in 600BC when India was a union of states India called Mahajanpadas. The major unifying factor has been Hinduism and whenever there has been an attack on India , Hindu states unlike Muslim states of India have acted in unison. The major reason why the concept of India as one entity is so much possible is the fear of foreign domination and invasion. The several ethnically and linguistically distinct states live in unity to project the cause of the land worldwide. A Chinese cannot understand it has he lives in one of the world's homogenous nations , this is something beyond your understanding.
