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Early explorers were looking for a short cut to the India trading centers when they discovered North and South America. The called the olive skinned natives "Indians" because the thought they had reached India. When the discovered that they were wrong, the name stuck.
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∙ 14y agoWhen America was "discovered" by white settlers, they were looking for a shorter way to India, so when they hit land and met people, they thought they were in India, so they called the natives "Indians."
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∙ 14y agoThe word "Hindu" comes from the name of the river Indus, which flows 1800 miles from Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the sea.
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∙ 12y agoThe word "Hindu" comes from the name of the river Indus, which flows 1800 miles from Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the sea.
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∙ 12y agothe nme Hindu comes from the river indus
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