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What is the origin of Indian names?
Derived from Sanskrit (truth only), named after the Indus River.

Historically, China's address to India has changed several times. The Western Han Dynasty translated it as "Qiang independence" and the Eastern Han Dynasty called it "Tianzhu". In the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang discussed the names of Tianzhu carefully, and gave up the names of Tianzhu, Toxoplasma gondii and Dou Xian, and called them seals according to the local pronunciation. The translated names of "Tianzhu", "Body Poison" and "India" all come from the Sanskrit names of the Indus River, and their Persian pronunciation is changed to (Sindhu) and Greek is changed to ι ν δ? α (India), Kucha Indaka.

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Ancient India is one of the four ancient civilizations, and the Indus civilization was born in 2500 BC. About 1500 years ago, Aryans from Central Asia entered the South Asian subcontinent, conquered the local ancient Indians, established some small slave countries, established the caste system, and Vedas began to develop into Brahmanism. In the 4th century BC, the Peacock Dynasty unified India and began to spread Buddhism and spread it abroad. About 188 BC, after the collapse of the peacock empire, Hinduism and Islam rose.

1600, Britain invaded the Mughal Empire and established the East India Company. After 1757, it gradually became a British colony. 1June, 947, Britain promulgated the mountbatten Plan to implement the partition of India. On August 15 of the same year, the Indian dominion was established. 1October 26th,1950,65438+announced the establishment of the Republic of China and became a member of the Commonwealth.