Re: Historical Myths - Your View
Indeed, hindu scriptures refers to the location, gandhar(kandhar) to lanka(Sri Lanka). Arabs used to pronounce Sindhu river as Hindu hence the name, Its area of Saptasindhu, modern day punjab where it is said that vedas emerged out of river Saraswati, Saraswati later went back to heaven and reside with her father Brahma(supreme god of creation). Sarswati is hindu goddess of knowledge. It actually refers to end of water in saraswati, four prominent river originates from Kailash Mansarovar(abode of bhagwan shiv, destroyer of universe) Indus, Ganga, Brahmputra and Sarswati.