Excerpt from HinduismThat part of the great Āryan race which immigrated from Central Asia, through the mountain passes into India, settled first in the districts near the river Sindhu (now called the Indus).The Persians pronounced this word Hindhu, and named their Aryan brethren Hindus.After the Hindū Āryans had spread themselves over the plains of the Ganges, the Persians gave the name Hindustan, or 'abode of the Hindus,' to the whole district between the Panjab and Benares, and this name is commonly used, especially by the Musalmans, for a still more extended region, as far as the Vindhya mountains, and even, less correctly, for other parts of India.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.