• machinegobrrrr [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    hindus walking into afghanistan be like (legit their mountain range means ‘hindu killer mountains’)

    Pretty sure the Hindus walking into those mountain ranges were slaves who died of extreme cold and starvation

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      there were a couple of invasions by hindus when it was buddhist, which i assume is what the name refers to. though i suppose it could be because of timur or something, or the hindus first attempting to repel the muslim invasion of the indus valley

      • machinegobrrrr [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        It had different name back when it was Buddhist. "Kush" is a pashto/persian word for slaying. They named the mountain range after the slaves they have killed

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          o ok yeah just looked it up. some say slaves some say its a reference to the first invasion of the indus valley when a hindu king tried to cross the mountains to counter attack ghazni