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    The Hindu Kush is an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and eastern...
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    Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain. Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush...
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  • Hindu Kush earthquake may refer to these earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains: 1983 Hindu Kush earthquake 1991 Hindu Kush earthquake 2002 Hindu Kush...
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  • Empire Hindu Kush, a mountain range in Afghanistan Kingdom of Kush, an ancient kingdom in Nubia Cush (hill), a mountain in County Tipperary, Ireland Kush Arora...
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  • The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson, illustrated by Arthur David McCormick, and published in 1896 by Lawrence...
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    among India, Pakistan, and China. It is bordered by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges on the northwest, Tibetan Plateau in the north, and by the Indo-Gangetic...
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  • Kusha (redirect from Kush (Hindu))
    Kusha (Sanskrit: कुश, romanized: Kuśa) is a Chandravamsha king in Hindu mythology. He was the father of Kushanabha (who later became Rajarshi Kushanabha)...
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    where it is used as a traditional medicine and recreational drug. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan range, it is produced by Himalayan giant honey bees (Apis laboriosa)...
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    range) but some peaks above 7,000 m are included in the Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges. Moreover, Pakistan is home to over 7,000 glaciers, more than anywhere...
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  • (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and neighbouring ranges. The list includes 4 of the 14 8000m summits,...
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    The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT (14:09 PKT; 14:39 IST; 09:09...
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    with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. According...
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  • in the Hindu Kush is a 1958 book by the English travel writer Eric Newby. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the Hindu Kush, around...
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    located below the Third Pole, delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Indo-Burman Ranges in the east. The neighboring geographical...
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    the Pamirs and Kongur Tagh, just political boundaries. Note 2: Part of Hindu Kush-Himalayas region All of the Asian ranges above have been formed in part...
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    Nuristanis (category Hindu Kush)
    borderline vacant location. Noted linguist Richard Strand, an authority on Hindu Kush languages, observed the following about pre-Islamic Nuristani religion:...
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  • 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake may refer to: December 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake Hindu Kush earthquake (disambiguation)...
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    Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Strains Acapulco Gold Charlotte's web Kush Malawi Gold Sour Diesel Related Drug culture Drug liberalization Illegal...
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    Hindu Kush. Gingko Library. p. 120. ISBN 9781909942851. Zoller, Claus Peter (2018). ""Pagan Christmas: Winter feast of the Kalasha of the Hindu Kush"...
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    (Antiochus) crossed the Caucasus (the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisus: mod. Hindú Kúsh) and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the...
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    "Unravelling Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Rapid Warming in the Mountains and Increasing Extremes". The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment. pp. 57–97...
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    The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes struck in northern Afghanistan during the month of March. At least 166 people were killed with a very large and intermediate-depth...
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    Chandragupta extended his suzerainty as far westward as Afghanistan below the Hindu Kush and as far south as the northern Deccan; however, beyond the core Magadha...
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    Salang River originates nearby and flows south. The pass crosses the Hindu Kush mountains but is now bypassed through the Salang Tunnel, which runs underneath...
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    "Mountains of Qaes/Kasi"), are a north–south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are also known as Aparanchal...
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    the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in the country of the Paropamisadae. In Classical times, the Hindu Kush mountains were also designated...
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    305 BCE, the Seleucid Empire lost control of the territory south of the Hindu Kush to the Indian Emperor "Sandrocottus" as a result of the Seleucid-Mauryan...
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    the endorheic Sistan Basin. It originates in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of Maidan Wardak Province, where it...
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    with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains...
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    Khenjan Valley Tala wa Barfak Valley (see Tala wa Barfak District) Southern Hindu Kush valleys include (among others):[citation needed] Panj Valley Valley Korm...
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