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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:
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