Independents

The same as “Congregationalists.” India. From the Indus or Hindus, a Persian corruption of the Sanskrit Sindhu , “great river.” By the Greeks this river was known as the Hindus , which with the Persian suffix stan gave the name “Hindu stan” to the whole country. In the time of Columbus, and long afterwards, the Asiatic continent east of the Ganges was generally styled India. This accounts for such names as “Indian Ink,” etc., products really of the Far East.