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
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
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
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
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
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