Question

The name India is derived from Sindhu (Indus), which is a river in the north-west.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: The Indus is considered as the longest river in Pakistan. The Indus Waterway is also called Sindhu in Sanskrit and has cognates with many Indic dialects.

Complete answer:
The Indus Waterway which is also called Sindhu in Sanskrit is one of the significant rivers of the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the Indian subcontinent. It moves through China or the region of western Tibet, India, and Pakistan. Starting in the Tibetan Level in the region of Lake Manasarovar, the waterway runs a course through the Ladakh area of India towards Gilgit-Baltistan and afterwards streams a southerly way along the whole length of Pakistan to converge into the Arabian sea. This is very close to the port city of Karachi in Sindh. "Hindu" emanates from the Sanskrit word for the Sindhu river. The Indus Waterway going through northwest India into Pakistan got its name from the Sanskrit expression Sindhu. The Persians assigned the land around the Indus Waterway as Hindu, an error of the Sanskrit Sindhu.
Therefore it is true that the name India is derived from Indus.
Option “A. True” is the correct answer.

Note: In 1921 archaeologists revealed proof of an ancient civilization along the Indus, which today is dated to around 3300BC. It is said to be the biggest central point of human habitation that existed during that time.