1. UPSC Civil Services
  2. Preliminary
  3. Ancient History
  4. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference

The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by

 

(a) the Greeks

(b) the Romans

(c) the Chinese

(d) the Arabs

 

(d) the Arabs

Explanation: The name of India is a corruption of the word Sindhu. Sindhu is the name of the Indus River,mentioned in the Rig-Veda. Neighboring Arabs,Iranians uttered ‘s’ as ‘h’ and called this land Hindu.Greeks pronounced this name as Indus.