why is indian ocean named after india, when many other south east asian countries have a longer coastline in the - Social Science - India - Size and Location

Question

why is indian ocean named after india, when many other south
east asian countries have a longer coastline in the indian ocean I
am somewhat not satisfied with NCERT answer

Antara Singh · Accepted Answer

The Indian Ocean is named after India
because

It is the major country in the
area
Probably in the ancient time the sea vessels
coming to India had to pass through this ocean and hence the
name

why is indian ocean named after india, when many other south east asian countries have a longer coastline in the indian ocean. I am somewhat not satisfied with NCERT answer