<Tr> <Td> c. 300 BC </Td> <Td> India / Indikē </Td> <Td> Megasthenes </Td> <Td> "India then being four - sided in plan, the side which looks to the Orient and that to the South, the Great Sea compasseth; that towards the Arctic is divided by the mountain chain of Hēmōdus from Scythia, inhabited by that tribe of Scythians who are called Sakai; and on the fourth side, turned towards the West, the Indus marks the boundary, the biggest or nearly so of all rivers after the Nile ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 200 BCE </Td> <Td> Jambudvipa </Td> <Td> Chanakya Arthashastra </Td> <Td> "This (Brahmaputra) is the eastern boundary of Jambudvipa, its western boundary being the mouths of the Indus and its southern boundary being the Indian Ocean or Rama Sethu ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 100 CE or later </Td> <Td> Bhāratam </Td> <Td> Vishnu Purana </Td> <Td> "उत्तरं यत्समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणम् । <P> वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः । ।" i.e. "The country (varṣam) that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam; there dwell the descendants of Bharata ." </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः । ।" i.e. "The country (varṣam) that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam; there dwell the descendants of Bharata ." </P>

Who has given the name india to bharat