<P> Hindustan (pronunciation (help info)) is Persian name for India, broadly the Indian subcontinent, which later became an endonym . After the Partition of India, it continues to be used as a name for the Republic of India. . </P> <P> A secondary meaning of Hindustan is as a geographic term for the Indo - Gangetic Plain in north India . </P>

What did the term hindustan stand for in medieval times
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