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		earth_walker on May 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimate... Why Hindu (the religion) and not Hindi (the language)?

Jedd on May 21, 2022 [–]

I really don't know. It's generally phrased as Hindu-originating - I can only speculate why it's now attached to a religious / social group rather than a language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu%E2%80%93A...

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