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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 popular literature, Hindu Kush is typically translated as Hindu-Killer or Killer of Hindus. Ibn Battuta provided the first explanation for the name. Ibn Battuta provided the first explanation for the name. He claims that the name Hindu Kush means Hindu-slayer, because slaves from the Indian subcontinent perished in the severe weather of the mountains while being transported by traders to Turkestan. The mountain range was known as the Caucasus Indicus during the time of Alexander the Great, and the Hellenic Greeks called the extension of the range as Paropamisos in the latter part of the first millennium BCE. In South and Central Asia, the great elevations of the mountains have historical significance. With locations like the Bamiyan Buddhas, the Hindu Kush range was a significant Buddhist centre. Additionally, it served as a route for the invasion of the Indian subcontinent. Gem-grade emeralds can be discovered north of Kabul in the valley of the Panjsher River and several of its tributaries, while lapis lazuli can be found in ancient mines in Kowkcheh Valley. For thousands of years, the best lapis lazuli has come from the West Hindu Kush highlands. In the ancient Hindu Kush, Buddhism was very common. The enormous rock-carved statues known as the Bamiyan Buddhas, which are located in the western and southern regions of the Hindu Kush, are examples of ancient Buddhist art. The Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravāda was a well-known early Buddhist school in the Bamiyan region. The Hindu Shahi dynasty of Kabul was unquestionably in charge of the region for a long time. In the tenth century, Sabuktigin overthrew the reign of Hindu Shahi king Jayapala west of Peshawar, bringing about the Islamic invasion of the region. #History

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