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India is a region in the Bible, its middle about 3,175 km (1,973 miles) east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Esther 1:1 to Esther 8:9.
Occurs only in Esther 1:1 and 8:9, where the extent of the dominion of the Persian king is described. The country so designated here is not the peninsula of Hindustan, but the country surrounding the Indus, the Punjab. The people and the products of India were well known to the Jews, who seem to have carried on an active trade with that country (Ezek. 27:15, 24).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
India is a region its middle about 3,175 km (1,973 miles) east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names India in 2 verses, in 1 book, from Esther 1:1 to Esther 8:9.
The verses that name India also name Ahasuerus and Mordecai.