Publisher's Synopsis
Whenever the word Hindu comes up for discussion, at the very outset, it is announced that that word has its origin in the word Sindhu, the Sanskrit term for the river Indus. That statement has been taken for granted as an axiom and repeated by all concerned. It is not seen in the public domain that anybody has ever contested that explanation. The current explanation has been accepted ex silentio. Arguments may be put forward to expose many logical loopholes in the present explanation. This book tries to highlight the logical inconsistencies of the present explanation and at the same time tries to provide a more consistent alternative explanation of the origin of the word Hindu that has a traceable root at the core values of that way of life.
