Pauranik (Mythological) drishti se:
"Bharat" naam ka arth:
Bharat ka naam Raja Bharat ke naam par pada tha, jo Rishabhdev ke putra the (Rishabhdev Jain dharm ke pehle Tirthankar bhi maane jaate hain).
Mahabharata ke anusaar:
Raja Bharat, Chandravansh ke ek mahan chakravarti raja the. Unke naam par hi is desh ko "Bharatavarsha" ya "Bharat" kaha gaya.
Vedas aur Puranas me:
Rigveda me "Bharat" shabd ka ullekh aata hai – yeh Bharat kul ke logon ka sanket deta hai, jo ek janjati thi jo Saptasindhu kshetra (Punjab aur Afghanistan ka kuchh hissa) me rehti thi.
Aitihasik (Historical) drishti se:
Prachin sabhyata ka kendra:
Bharat ka udgam Indus Valley Civilization (Sindhu Ghati Sabhyata) se joda jata hai, jo lagbhag 3300 BCE se 1300 BCE tak thi – Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Lothal jaise nagar iske pramukh kendra the.
Vedic Yug (1500 BCE se):
Arya log Bharat aaye aur Rigveda likha gaya. Is samay janapad, sabha, samiti jaise prashasanik vichar ubharne lage.
Maurya Samrajya (321 BCE):
Chandragupta Maurya ne pehli baar ek bada Bharatvarsh joda. Ashoka ke samay me Bharat ek bada samrajya bana.
Gupta Yug (4th-6th century):
Is samay ko Bharat ka Sone ka Yug (Golden Age) kaha jaata hai. Vigyan, ganit, kala, dharm, sabhi me vikas hua.
Aadhunik Bharat:
1947 me Bharat ne British rule se aazadi paayi.
1950 me Bharat ek Gantantra (Republic) bana.
"India, that is Bharat" – yeh line Bharat ke samvidhan (Article 1) me likhi hai.
