“We were named “Hindu” either by Mughals or those who ruled earlier. British who ruled and returned seconded that adjective. When we have our own identities how ignorant to embrace an outsider given name as our name or religion.”
In 712 AD, the Muslims invaded the Indus Valley. To distinguish themselves, they called all non-Muslims Hindus; the name of the land became, by default, the name of the people and their religion (Schoeps, 1966, p. 148).
https://homeweb.csulb.edu/~cwallis/100/worldreligions/hinduism.html
The land where Pakistan is now was called “Indus Valley” by the Persians. The civilization there originating in 4,500-5,000 B.C.E. shouldn’t be called “Indus Civilization” but “Harappan civilization”. It began to decline by 1800 BC. When Persians occupied the land around 500 BC, they called the land “Hindu”. (The word “Hindu” originates from the Sanskrit word for river, sindhu. The Indus River running through northwest India into Pakistan received its name from the Sanskrit term sindhu. The Persians designated the land around the Indus River as Hindu, a mispronunciation of the Sanskrit sindhu.) Indus River is basically “River River”.
The “Hindu” religion had no unified name. It was a pagan belief, and there were uncountable versions of it which varied with locations. Adoption of the Vedas was limited to the Brahmin caste.
“Hinduism” is not a religion but a collection of many different religions. “Mahayana” Buddhism is not a Buddhist sect but a collection of many different Buddhist sects.
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-basic-beliefs-of-Mahayana-Buddhism?top_ans=291462463
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