Another name for Indians From India?

i am indian from india but i dnt understand your question..if u mean another name for indians then we are called.."bharatiye".."desi"..etc.

Other Names For Indians

Afghanistans are not the same as Indians. Afghanistans are middle eastern. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are in asia so they can be called asians.

FYI: Republic of India did not exist before 1950. However the region called India existed way long before American Native Indians were called Indians. BTW: The name India was given to this region in Asia by the Greeks owing to the Indus river. There ain't any Indus in America!

You might want to remind yourself that Christopher Columbus was trying to find a searoute to India and got lost in sea. That is how he accidently landed in America and thus the discovery of America itself. So if India did not exist earlier what was Columbus looking for?

Native Indians were called Indians because of the confusion on the lands which Columbus landed. They mistook them for the Indians and thus they acquired the misnomer.

So you should be looking for alternate name for American Indians - ie Native Americans, First Nations or Aboriginals. In all due respect, since you have missed this basic fact, you might want to have a closer look at your research paper. As a lecturer myself, I think you might want to use this a cue to rethink the quality of the materials you have researched (which have overseen this fundamental issue). Sorry to be nosey, but just my 1p worth!

Edit: The name India appears in loads of European chronicles through history for more than two millenia. FYI: The Dutch, Portuguese, Danes, Frech and the Swedes all had their own East "India" Company refering to the name India to mean the country in Asia. So to call it a British scam would not be right. Good luck with your research paper.

Edit 2: I have added a few more citations on Columbus' failed journey to India. This is in response to repeated emails from the questioner.

A Course of Study in History and Handbook to the State Series Advanced Text By Archibald B. Anderson. pp 126

The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; and the Origin of the North American Indians pp 18-19

The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper. Edited by Alexander Chalmers. pp 537

An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History By Michael J. LaRosa & Germán R. Mejía. pp 22

The pictorial field-book of the revolution: or, Illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the war for independence, Volume 1. By Benson John Lossing. pp xxvi

Indians should called as Indian, and Americans should called whatever name they like

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