The Hindu Kush is a mountain range in Central and South Asia that stretches 800 kilometres west of the Himalayas. It is called upariśaina in Vedic Sanskrit and upāirisaēna in Avestan. It extends from central and eastern Afghanistan to far southeast Tajikistan and northwest Pakistan on the Indian subcontinent. The western portion of Hindu Kush Himalayan Region is made up of the range. It separates the Indus River valley to the south from the Amu Darya, the ancient Oxus, valley to the north. In ... (Read More)