After the decline of the Chalukya kingdom of Kalyani at the close of the 12th and of the chola kingdom at the begining of the 13th century, the new kingdom which arose in South India were
The name Bharat is derived from the legendary king Bharat who was ancestor of kauravas and pandavas, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
The name India is derived from the river Sindhu which flows in the north west of the country. The Greeks used to call us Indoi meaning the people of the Indus.