12-08-2005, 08:09 AM
How old is the term Hindu- Desh?
I came across this.
Pp 383
Discussing the Sakas,
Quoteâ
The Kalakcharya- kathnaka states that their kings were known as âSahiâ. Some of these âSahisâ were said to have been induced by a Jain teacher to proceed to Suratta( Surastra) Vishaya ( Country) and Ujjain in the HINDUKADESHA ( India) where they overthrew some local chiefs, and ruled for four years until they were themselves ousted in 58 BC.â
Source: Political History of Indiaâ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, 1996 Oxford University press, New Delhi. ISBN 0 19 5643763
Somehow I had been under the impression that Hindu was given to the Indian courtesy the Arabs (circa 7 century CE).
If Raychaudhuri is correct, then India was known as Hindu- Desh as eraly as 58 BCE,
Comments please
Ravi Chaudhary
I came across this.
Pp 383
Discussing the Sakas,
Quoteâ
The Kalakcharya- kathnaka states that their kings were known as âSahiâ. Some of these âSahisâ were said to have been induced by a Jain teacher to proceed to Suratta( Surastra) Vishaya ( Country) and Ujjain in the HINDUKADESHA ( India) where they overthrew some local chiefs, and ruled for four years until they were themselves ousted in 58 BC.â
Source: Political History of Indiaâ Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, 1996 Oxford University press, New Delhi. ISBN 0 19 5643763
Somehow I had been under the impression that Hindu was given to the Indian courtesy the Arabs (circa 7 century CE).
If Raychaudhuri is correct, then India was known as Hindu- Desh as eraly as 58 BCE,
Comments please
Ravi Chaudhary