The name Hindu Kush translates as Hindu slaughter. Afghanistan was basically a Hindu inhabited area until about 1000 AD. After this time the inhabitants were all Islamic. Many may have converted however the number of Hindus killed during, what was no doubt genocide is suggested to easily count into the millions. The Afghan historian Khondamir records that during one of the many repeated invasions on the city of Herat in western Afganistan, 1,500,000 residents perished.
Islamic invasions on Afganistan started in 642 AD, but over the next several centuries their effect was marginal and lasted only a short time after each raid. Cities surrendered only to rise in revolt. Hindu Kush was apparently named as a warning to Hindu's for all time.
One of the stranger aspects of Alexander's campaign in Gandara is the discovery of the town Nysa and the mountain Meros. The place can not be localized with absolute certainty (two possibilities are indicated on the map). According to the Macedonians and Greeks, this was the place where Dionysus was born. Indian sources speak about Meru, the central mountain on which the world rested. The god that was worshipped on the Meru and was identified with Dionysus, may have been Shiva.
The area is also reknown in some circles for a unique strain of cannabis (commonly known as 'skunk')
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Anonymous
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Osama's actually got shares in the new consortium set to rebuild the World Trade Centre bombsite... |
Anonymous
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My guess is Osama is at these coordinates: 71.000 East 37.000 North This is based on my theories discussed on my site: http://angelfire.com/zine2/Number666 And my guess is his luck will run out by August 2002 and there will be one hot roasted Osama-burger as he gets a cruise missle up his nose. |
Handy Andy
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Why U.S. can't find Osama bin Laden? "Much of the work that has been done to reform the intelligence community since 9/11 has been directed at fussing with the wiring diagram of its bureaucracy: Should the director of National Intelligence control CIA station chiefs, or is that the purview of the CIA director? This kind of jockeying, of course, does nothing to solve the real question American taxpayers want answered: Where is bin Laden? That question is likely only to be resolved by good old-fashioned espionage..." http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OP...en/?hpt=C1 |
Hot Shot Reporter
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Trust CNN? You must be kidding. They couldn't report their way out of a wet paper bag. Where is OBL...? He is merely a phantom in our minds. A djinn whirling through the intertubes... Nothing is true...Everything is permitted... |
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