इंदु

iandu ya hiandoo shabd ko chini paryatakoan dvara uchcharan mean laya gaya, jisase siandhu (siandhu nadi jise videshiyoan ko bharat mean pravesh karate samay par karana p data tha) shabd ka sidha sanbandh ho sakata hai.

• iandu chini paryatakoan dvara apani bharat yatra (630-645 ee.) ke vivaran mean bharat ka tatkalin prachalit nam yiantu likha hai.
• isase yah jan p data hai ki bharat ka namakaran siandhu shabd se (jisaka roopaantar hiandoo, 's' aur 'h' ke uchcharan ka bharat ke pashchim mean sthit deshoan mean ek-sa hone ke karan vahaan prachalit tha) hua hai, jo bharat mean musalamanoan ke agaman (8vian shati ee.) se poorv ka hai.