What is the Hindu Kush?
Hindu Kush Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush (Pashto and Persian: , Persian for “Hindu Killer”; ), also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus () or Paropamisadae (), is an mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border, from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan. It forms the western section of the "Hindu Kush Himalayan Region" ("HKH"). It divides the valley of the Amu Darya (the ancient "Oxus") to the north from the Indus River valley to the south. The Hindu Kush range has numerous high snow-capped peaks, with the highest point in the Hindu Kush being Tirich Mir or Terichmir at
Hindu Kush the Hindu Kush as Pāriyātra Parvata. The Persian-English dictionary indicates that the word 'koš' [kʰoʃ] is derived from the verb ('koštan' ), meaning "to kill". According to Francis Joseph Steingass, the word and suffix "-kush" means "a male; (imp. of kushtan in comp.) a killer, who kills, slays, murders, oppresses as "azhdaha-kush"". "A Practical Dictionary of the Persian Language" gives the meaning of the word "kush" as "hotbed". According to one interpretation, the name "Hindu Kush" means "kills the Hindu" or "Hindu killer" and is a reminder of the days when slaves from the Indian subcontinent died in the harsh