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WHO WAS FOUNED INDIA

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 west of the country. The Greeks used to call us Indoi meaning the people of the Indus. BHARATetymology: The name Bharat is derived from the legendary king Bharat who was ancestor of kauravas and pandavas; son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.




5  Is an Indian Asian?
Yes it is. In the not so old days the entire region was known as Indian subcontinent which was part of the larger continent of Asia. But it' is now fashionably known as South Asia. South Asia comprises India,Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives   

                           
                                                                      

6    Is an Indian Asian?                                                                             Yes it is. In the not so old days the entire region was known as Indian subcontinent which was part of the larger continent of Asia. But it' is now fashionably known as South Asia. South Asia comprises India,Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives



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