Where does the name Heathenland come from, and why does the author choose it for the land he is writing about? The chapter maps a vast ancient territory, from the Mediterranean to South-East Asia, and follows the names Isha, Asia, Sindhu, Hind, India and Bharat through the mouths of Greeks, Persians and Europeans. Three maps drawn by the author show the land as he believes it lay before 1.1 million B.C., before 1 million B.C. and in 1000 B.C.
