China , Japan , Persia, Iraq or Mesopotamia, Syria , Egypt , Bharat.... they have strong history..... the problem is with the nascent countries like Pakistan and Israel ...
We tend to have elder names like Bharat after certain (foundation to larger cultural psyche) dynasties. China is another one that comes to mind (given what their named emperor did to unify the disparate forces in quite a permanent way)....though the Chinese themselves prefer "Middle Kingdom" officially.
The attitudes/complexes of newer entities/definitions/revisionists seeking to define/prove themselves can be excused. I do enjoy a chuckle from time to time.