Bharatvarsha” – Naming: Our Bharatvarsha is the oldest country in the world. It is mentioned in ancient literature – Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Vishnu Purana. There are different opinions regarding its naming as ‘India’. (1) It is said that in ancient times there was a king named Bharat, after whose name it came to be known as Bharatvarsha. According to the Vishnu Purana, the country which lies to the north of the ocean and to the south of the Himalayas is Bharatavarsha. The descendants of India used to reside here who were called ‘Bharti’. (2) Modern historian Dr. Ramsharan Sharma believes that this country was called Bharatavarsha in the name of an ancient sub-caste named Bharata and its residents were called ‘Bharat Santati’ i.e. children of India. (3) Foreigners know our country by the name ‘India’. The Sanskrit word of this name is derived from the word ‘Sindhu’. Foreigners were first introduced to Indians living on the banks of the Indus river in India and based on the name of the Indus river, they named this country and called them ‘Hindu’. . Gradually the name of this country came to be ‘Hindustan’. The Greeks and Romans used to pronounce the word ‘Hindu’ as ‘Indus’. The modern word India is derived from this word ‘Indus’.