EXPLORE INDIAN TOUR VISITER

1  Vasco da Gama was founded India      Portuguese explorer  Vasco da Gama  discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498  2   Chandragupta Maurya  is a first king of Bharat (india)    Chandragupta Maurya the Great  (Sandrakottos) (322–298 BC), founded the Mauryan Empire after defeating both the  Nanda  Empire and theMacedonian Seleucid Empire defeating strategically  Alexander the Great , claimed descent from the  Shakya  dynasty, the first emperor of India who unified most of ... 3      How did we get the name India? The   name   in   Indian   languages is Bharata after the emperor Bharata. ... Today it refers to the contemporary Republic of   India   located therein. The   name   is originally derived from the   name   of the river Sindhu (Indus River), located in modern day Pakistan, and has been in use in Greek since Herodotus (4th century BC). 4     Why India is named as Bharat?                         The name   India   is derived from the river Sindhu which flows in the north we