The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by
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The term “Hindu” traces back to Old Persian, which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. Sindhu is the name of the Indus River, mentioned in the Rig-Veda. Neighbouring Arabs, Iranian uttered ‘S’ as ‘H’ and called this land Hindu.
The Greek cognates of the same terms are “Indus” (for the river) and “India” (for the land of the river).