What does the word Hindu mean, anyway?

What does the word Hindu mean, anyway?

Author: Hindu American Foundation March 9, 2023 Duration: 10:08
You’d think that the origin of the word we use in English for the world’s third-largest religion would be pretty easy to sort out.  And certainly we’d be using the word for the world’s oldest religion that the billion people who ascribe to it themselves call it. Well, it’s not so simple when it comes to Hinduism. Though the word Hindu today refers to a self-identified follower of the religion Hinduism, as we go back in time it all becomes a bit more complicated. 

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