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In what ways has the meaning of the term тАЬHindustanтАЭ changed over the centuries?



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Over the centuries there has been a vast change in the meaning of the term тАЬHindustanтАЭ. Today it is understood as India, the modern nation state. In the thirteenth century the term stood for the lands under the Delhi Sultanate. Babur used the term to describe the geography, culture and fauna of the subcontinent.

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