delta2
Registered Member
The Hindustanis are brutally obsessed with the Indus River and the Indus Valley Civilization. They are dying to create an even an artificial link of any of their languages to the Indus Valley script which still has not been deciphered as of yet.Wrong thread. BTW, nothing wrong in name though. We share a common history for several centuries. Pakistan is home to indus valley civilization.
You know what, the indus river name came first. The words india, hind and utlimately hindustan were all derived from it. Search it and you wil find interesting facts.
So fundamentally We own the word Indus, and whatever word is derived from it like India. So if one knows the history, they'd just feel good about it and won't think it named exclusively on modern day (divided) India. The name indian ocean came long before we separated. This land of ours was called India too. So basically the ocean was named on our joint land. and today we are home to that very indus civilization from which everything began. I consider the name indian ocean more related with our ancient civilization and not so with modern day india.
Imagine Tamils going through pains to find a link with with this region in one way or another, goin so far as to even offering a bribe (prize).


