12-09-2005, 10:44 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Dec 8 2005, 08:55 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Dec 8 2005, 08:55 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Somehow I had been under the impression that Hindu was given to the Indian courtesy the Arabs (circa 7 century CE).
If Raychaudhuri is correct, then India was known as Hindu- Desh as eraly as 58 BCE,
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Interesting info, I remember reading that the word Hindu was not first used by Arabs but by Persians (before they were islamisised), I couldn't find the article now but this certainly is interesting, does he give any reference (I mean another book) from which he got this?
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Here is a response from Prof Malaiya
" Kalakcharya- kathnaka was written by Mahesara Suri, who is thought
to have lived around 12th century CE. However it must have been
based on some written or oral tradition.
Even then this must be one of the oldest usage of the term Hindu Desh
among Indians.
The Sahi kings ruled sections of Afghanistan and Gandhara for
several centuries. Hsuan Tsang encountered a Kshatriya ruler of
Kapisa, who is sometimes considered to the Sahi king Khingala who
had the maha-vinayaka idol of Gardez installed."
It is still curious how the term " Hindu" came into usage from Kanyakumari Kasmir, from Afghanistan to Bengal
I somehow find it hard to accept that all this was courtsey the Arabs/other Islamics?
Why would the Indians so universally accept a foreign term to describe themselves ?
Ravi
If Raychaudhuri is correct, then India was known as Hindu- Desh as eraly as 58 BCE,
Comments please<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Interesting info, I remember reading that the word Hindu was not first used by Arabs but by Persians (before they were islamisised), I couldn't find the article now but this certainly is interesting, does he give any reference (I mean another book) from which he got this?
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Here is a response from Prof Malaiya
" Kalakcharya- kathnaka was written by Mahesara Suri, who is thought
to have lived around 12th century CE. However it must have been
based on some written or oral tradition.
Even then this must be one of the oldest usage of the term Hindu Desh
among Indians.
The Sahi kings ruled sections of Afghanistan and Gandhara for
several centuries. Hsuan Tsang encountered a Kshatriya ruler of
Kapisa, who is sometimes considered to the Sahi king Khingala who
had the maha-vinayaka idol of Gardez installed."
It is still curious how the term " Hindu" came into usage from Kanyakumari Kasmir, from Afghanistan to Bengal
I somehow find it hard to accept that all this was courtsey the Arabs/other Islamics?
Why would the Indians so universally accept a foreign term to describe themselves ?
Ravi