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comprising the countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, 2. Kosala ______________
Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka 3. Malla ______________
etc. However, in our study in this class, we shall
stick to the history of present day India. Any 4. Assaka ______________
references for any place outside present day India 5. Gandhara ______________
will be mentioned specifically.
6. Surasena ______________

CHANGING NAMES
Similarly, a change occurred in the name of our
You have studied in the previous class that several country, Bharat, too. While the name of our
janapadas and mahajanapadas came into being country in the ancient period was Bharat or
during the ancient period. This trend continued Bharatvarsha, new names of Hind, Hindustan, al-
during the medieval period when a great number Hind started to come into being. All scholars have
of towns and cities were established. The old not used these terms in synonymous sense. For
towns and cities grew and attained their peculiar some people, the term ‘Hindustan’ signifies the
characteristics. During this process, some of the areas of Punjab, Haryana and those lying between
places assumed new names. the rivers of Ganga and Yamuna. For some, this
term means the culture of the people in the
We can compare some of the old names with the
new ones : subcontinent of India. Gradually, it came to be
associated with the political unit that India grew
Old Names Modern Location into.
Anga Munger and Bhagalpur in Bihar Of course, some of the old names continue to

Magadha Patna and Gaya in Bihar exist even today, like Bharat or Hindustan.
Kashi Benaras or Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh

Kosala Oudh (Awadh) in Uttar Pradesh F ind Outind Out
Vajji Northern Bihar Find out when and how your city got its present
name.
Malla Southern Nepal
Chedi Bundelkhand Quiz Time
Answer the following questions :
Vatsa Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
1. When did the medieval period start?
Kuru Delhi and Meerut in western Uttar
Pradesh 2. When did the British start to set in India?
Panchala Rohilkhand in Uttar Pradesh 3. What was the name of India in ancient time?
Matsya Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan 4. What was the old name of Afghanistan?

Surasena Mathura in Uttar Pradesh
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Assaka Godavari valley
The sources of information during the ancient
Avanti Malwa and Madhya Pradesh
period and the medieval period remain almost
Gandhara Afghanistan similar in nature, which we can classify into

Kamboja Parts of Kashmir and Afghanistan archaeological sources and literary sources.
However, one change was perceptible. That was,
Quiz Time paper was more easily available during the
medieval period as compared to the ancient
Write new names of the following places :
period, hence a number of literary works were
1. Anga ______________ written as well as copies were made. It is easier to
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