Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Inde" in French language version.
« The actual term Hindu first occurs as a Persian geographical term for the people who lived beyond the Indus River. The term Hindu originated as a geographical term and did not refer to a religion. Later, Hindu was taken by European languages from the Arabic term al-Hind, which referred to the people who lived across the Indus River. This Arabic term was itself taken from the Persian term Hindū, which refers to all Indians. By the 13th century, Hindustan emerged as a popular alternative name for India, meaning the "land of Hindus." »
« The term 'Epic Sanskrit' refers to the language of the two great Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa. ... It is likely, therefore, that the epic-like elements found in Vedic sources and the two epics that we have are not directly related, but that both drew on the same source, an oral tradition of storytelling that existed before, throughout, and after the Vedic period. »
(b) Jane Golley (dir.), Linda Jaivan (dir.) et Sharon Strange (dir.), Crisis, Australian National University Press, , 231–232 p. (ISBN 978-1-76046-439-4, lire en ligne), « The Sino-Indian Border Crisis: Chinese Perceptions of Indian Nationalism » :« By invading NEFA, the PRC did not just aim to force a humiliated India to recognise its possession of the Aksai Chin. It also hoped to get, once and for all, the upper hand in their shadowing competition. »
(c) Bertil Lintner, China's India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World, Oxford University Press, (ISBN 978-0-19-909163-8, lire en ligne) :« The ensuing cycle of escalation culminated in the 1962 Sino-Indian border war in which Mao Zedong's troops overran almost the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern sector before unilaterally withdrawing, as if to underline the insult; most of the war's several thousand casualties were Indian. The PLA's decisive victories in the 1962 war not only humiliated the Indian Army, they also entrenched a status quo in Ladakh that was highly unfavourable for India, in which China controls almost all of the disputed territory. A nationalistic press and commentariat have kept 1962 vivid in India's popular consciousness. »
(d) Rory Medcalf, Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the contest for the world's pivotal, Manchester University Press, (ISBN 978-1-5261-5077-6, lire en ligne) :« Lin Biao was put in charge of the operation and that alliance between Mao and his loyal de facto chief of the PLA made the attack on India possible. With China's ultimate victory in the war, Mao's ultra-leftist line had won in China; whatever critical voices that were left in the Party after all the purges fell silent. »
(e) Sumit Ganguly, The Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hope of Peace, Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press, (ISBN 978-0-521-65566-8, lire en ligne), p. 44 :« From an Indian perspective, the China-India war of 1962 was a shocking betrayal of the principles of co-operation and coexistence: a surprise attack that humiliated India and personally broke Nehru. »
(f) Manu Bhagavan (dir.), India and the Cold War, University of North Carolina Press, (ISBN 978-1-4696-5117-0, lire en ligne), « A Missed Opportunity? The Nehru-Zhou Enlai Summit of 1960 », p. 121 :« In October 1962 India suffered the most humiliating military debacle in its post-independence history, at the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The outcome of this conflict had far-reaching consequences for Indian foreign and defence policies. The harsh defeat that the Chinese PLA had inflicted on the Indian Army called into question some of the most deeply held precepts of Nehru's foreign and defence policies. »
« The 'forward policy' adopted by India to prevent the Chinese from occupying territory claimed by them was undertaken in the mistaken belief that Beijing would be cautious in dealing with India owing to Moscow's stance on the dispute and its growing proximity to India. These misjudgments would eventually culminate in India's humiliating defeat in the war of October–November 1962. »
« Indeed, Beijing's acknowledgement of Indian control over Sikkim seems limited to the purpose of facilitating trade through the vertiginous Nathu-la Pass, the scene of bloody artillery duels in September 1967 when Indian troops beat back attacking Chinese forces. »
« Putin's visit to India in December 2012 for the yearly India–Russia summit saw both sides reaffirming their special relationship. »
« Article 1(1): India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. »
« Article 1(1): India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. »