Multiple choice

Who were the first to call the river Sindhu, ' Hindu' ?

  1. Persians

  2. Greeks

  3. Turks

  4. Egyptians

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Explanation

The ancient Persians were the first to refer to the river Sindhu as 'Hindu' because their language did not have the 's' sound, so they replaced it with 'h'. This term later evolved into 'Hindu' and 'India'.