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In the 13th century _______ used the term 'Hindustan' to mean the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the area lying between Ganga and Yamuna.

  1. Bilal
  2. Minhaj-i-Siraj
  3. Ziyauddin Barani
  4. Mital Siraj

A
Bilal
B
Minhaj-i-Siraj
C
Mital Siraj
D
Ziyauddin Barani
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The term 'Hindustan' was used for the first time by Minhaj-i Siraj, a thirteenth-century Persian chronicler. He, with this term, meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna.

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