Original sentence: Thaper states that the word Hindu was taken by European languages from the Arabic term al-Hind, which referred to the people who live across the River Indus.The term 'Hindu' then was a geographical term and did not refer to a religion, however, other scholars suggest the earliest known use of 'Hindu' in sense of Hinduism religion may be in the 14th century Persian text Futuhu's-salatin
Edited sentence: The term 'Hindu' then was a geographical term and did not refer to a religion.The word Hindu was taken by European languages from the Arabic term al-Hind, which referred to the people who live across the River Indus