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“Leaving the Island of Ceylon and sailing westerly, you reach the subcontinent of greater India, the noblest & richest country in the world.”

-Marco Polo, 1292.

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The English word 'India' comes from Greek Ἰνδία.
Greek called the land beyond the Indus (Ἰνδός) River, Indía.
Greek called Indians Ἰνδός Indos.
Persians called Indians Hinduš, people beyond river Sindhu.
Greek used the word Indian around 400 BCE, 1600 years before Marco Polo.

Ceylon is an ancient word.
5th-century epic Mahāvaṃsa narrates Emperor Ashoka's mission to Sri Lanka.
It noted Sri Lanka as Sinhala Dvipa.
Greek referred to Sinhala Dvipa as Sielen Diva.
Greek Sielen became Latin Seelan, & English Ceylon.
Ceylon predates Marco Polo by centuries.

तारेगण हैं साक्षी, सूरज भी है साक्षी ।
ज्ञानभूमि भारत के, उत्थान की आई घड़ी ।।
ऊठ रहा है विश्वगुरू, सहस्त्र वर्षों के ध्यान से।
विश्व के कल्याण की, आई है अब शुभ घड़ी ।।

Lyrics for above video.

Stars are the witness; Sun also is a witness.
The time of rising has arrived for the land of knowledge, India.

World Guru is rising from the deep meditation of a thousand years.
The auspicious time has arrived for the betterment of the world.

Lyrics for above video.

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