Bharata
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- Bharata (emperor), ancestor of the Kuru tribe, namesake of India
- Bharata (Ramayana), a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rama
- Bharata Muni, the author of the Natyashastra
- Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha Deva according to the Bhagavata purana
Bhārata भारत ("descended from Bharata") may refer to
- The Bhāratas, an Aryan tribe of the Rigveda
- an early epic forming the core of the Mahabharata (comprising about a quarter of the extended epic)
- the Republic of India (properly, Bhārata Gaṇarājya, भारत गणराज्य )
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In Indian languages, India is called "Bharata". The land east of the river "Sindhu" was called Indus by Arabs and later as India by European countries.
