Guest guest Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 anybody know? also, etymology of word "hindu"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 i think that indigo was imported to england from india. therefore they called that land india. hindu word is from sindhu (river). the invader muslims pronounced sindu as hindu. then they called the people living on the east side of sindu as hindu. thus the word is 1000 years old. jai sri krishna! -madhav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 I think it was the greeks who mentioned the Sindhu river as Hindu- and later on gave birth to the term India Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 who called the people who lived by the river Sindh, Indu, because they couldn't pronounce the 'S'. Then the British came, and called the people "Hindu", adding the 'H'. At least that's what I read somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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