Elevation 4,150 m Parent peak Hindu Kush | ||
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Koh-e Hindukush (Persian: کوه هندوکش "mountain which attracts the Hindu or Hindu-happy"). It is a mountain of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. It is located in Parwan Province. Kush means happy, attractive, etc.
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Importance for Hindus
For Hindus, in ancient times, for example, in pre-Islamic times, when even the name Afghanistan was not, but then the mountains of Hindus have for residents with Hindu religious denominations in the Iranian plateau (eastern) enormous importance. The Islamization of the Iranzamin or Aryana or Ariana in the east began to eleventh century. There are still some names with the religious terminology of Hinduism that the times of Hinduism, for example, Hindu Shahi dynasties in Kah pol (Persian: کاه پل Haulm- Bridge for Kabul) or Kabulistan and Zabulistan are due.