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[edit] Industan: the country of the Indus

Come on! Industan is the country of the Indus as you can see if you read historians from the first half of the twentieth century. And that is contemporary Pakistan, not India! What is the problem with you people?! The first sense, which is geographical, should be "the region of the Indus", contemporary Pakistan. This is not about politics or religion! Wake up and stop polluting Wikipedia with disinformation! This is not a matter of identity but of the common use of the word in English! 87.196.118.220 15:52, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

It's Hindustan not Industan btw.Oh I see yet another page has been taken over by a Pakistani nationalist. I have an Iranian friend from Tehran and one day I asked him politely "what is the modern Persian name for India?(referring to the Republic of India of course) and he replied kindly "Hindustan" and he added that Hind is merely an alternate name of India.I am a North Indian muslim if I may add

Jai Hind!


Hindu is the persian pronunciation of Sindhu(Indus). Ancient Persians called the Indus Valley people Hindu(for Sindhu) hence Hindustan or land of Hindus, its Ironic that much of real Hindustan is today in a country that wanted to be pure of the name Hindu, hence named itself Pakistan. The Indian name of south asian was Aryavarta during vedic and early epic eras and later Bharatavarsha. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.145.76.44 (talk) 06:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, Indus is the Greek pronounciation for Persian word Hindu, they just made the H silent and the persians pronounced S in Sindhu as H. Hence, the name India in European etymology. Persians intially called it Hafta Hindu for Sapta Sindhu(Vedic Punjab land of seven rivers). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.145.76.44 (talk) 06:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Or parts thereof

If "the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh" is "a part of the former United Provinces", pray, which are the other parts thereof? WikiSceptic 18:54, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

See United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh. Vpendse 13:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The other parts are now in madhya pradesh, bihar, Delhi, and most importantly, UTTARANCHAL.(Duh)

In Urdu, Hind is spelled ھند. Wouldn't Hindustan therefore be ھندوستان? I may be mistaken. Vpendse 04:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Hindustan does not mean land of the hindus, it merely is a geographical appellation for the land east of the Indus river. Its inhabitants were called 'Hindi' by the attackers from the west, in fact in Turkish even today an Indian is called 'Hindi'. And since the religion of the 'Hindis' did not have a name, they were called Hindu, a word that does not appear in any of what we know as 'Hindu' scriptures today. These writings are really the product of a civilization and not the monopoly of a religion. Of course, some inheritors of this legacy are trying to run as far away as possible from this association and Arabize themselves and even deny their genetic origins.

Topchi topchi7@yahoo.com

Hindustan is a modification of the Persian/Sanskrit name for the land of Sindh. "-Stan" in both Farsi and Sanskrit alludes to "stance", "platform", "land." The people living in "Hindustan" did not really label themselves that until recently. In fact, in ancient times, there was not much that differentiated a Persian from a Sindh (similar language, customs, etc.). At any rate, the religion that many speak of when they say "Hinduism" is better termed "Sanatana Dharma." The word Hindu remains "one who hails from Hindustan." "Hindi" (which follows the Indo-European way of naming languages) denotes the language. Turkish influence in inconsequential because these basic terms are derived from Persian and not Turkish words.

[edit] Persian

How do you write "Hindustan" in Persian? Tuncrypt 15:14, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article or disambiguation page?

Do you want this to be an article or a disambiguation page? It currently is both, which is undesirable. TimBentley (talk) 04:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Its a disambiguatin page by all means but I feel it requires some cleanup.--seXie(t0lk) 08:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No entry for India

Shouldn't there be an entry for India. Hindustan is referred to as indian subcontinent. I will rearrange the page(s), making a separate disambiguation page. If anyone has a point splash it here --seXie(t0lk) 21:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)