See Also: Hindustan(encyclopedia)
Hindustan Petroleum(finance)
The Hindustan Times(finance)

Hindustan (sh)




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.