Hindustan

/hin'doo stahn", -stan"/, n.

1. Persian name of India, esp. the part N of the Deccan.

2. the predominantly Hindu areas of India, as contrasted with the predominantly Muslim areas of Pakistan. Cf. India.

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Name for India.

It was historically applied to northern India, in contrast to the Deccan, or southern India. It included the region bounded on the north by the Himalayas and on the south by the Vindhya Mountains and Narmada River, comprising the Ganges River valley from the Punjab to Assam. The name was also applied to a small area comprising the upper basin of the Ganges.

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▪ historical area, India

Persian“Land of the Hindus”also spelled  Hindusthan 

      historically, northern India, in contrast to the Deccan, or southern India. This area can be defined more particularly as the basin of the five Punjab rivers and the upper Indo-Gangetic Plain. As a mostly fertile and well-populated corridor situated between walls of mountain, desert, and sea, Hindustan has been regarded as the principal seat of Indian power, containing the bulk of Indian wealth and physical energy. The name Hindustan is sometimes used to indicate the lands “north of the Vindhya Range.” It is also occasionally used as a synonym for all of India.

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