Question: In the Arabic dictionary what is the meaning of the word that also refers to the majority religion in India when the country containing Attabad was created?

<P0-S0> The word Hindu is derived from the Indo - Aryan and Sanskrit word Sindhu, which means ``a large body of water '', covering`` river, ocean''. <P0-S1> It was used as the name of the Indus river and also referred to its tributaries. <P0-S2> The Arabic equivalent Al - Hind likewise referred to the country of India. <P0-S3> The actual term 'hindu' first occurs, states Gavin Flood, as ``a Persian geographical term for the people who lived beyond the river Indus (Sanskrit: Sindhu) '', more specifically in the 6th - century BCE inscription of Darius I. <P0-S4> The Punjab region, called Sapta Sindhava in the Vedas, is called Hapta Hindu in Zend Avesta. <P0-S5> The 6th - century BCE inscription of Darius I mentions the province of Hi (n) dush, referring to northwestern India. <P0-S6> The people of India were referred to as Hinduvān (Hindus) and hindavī was used as the adjective for Indian in the 8th century text Chachnama. <P0-S7> The term 'Hindu' in these ancient records is an ethno - geographical term and did not refer to a religion. <SEP> <P1-S0> islam (arabic: الإسلام) is the second-largest religion in india, with 14.2% of the country's population or approx. <P1-S1> 200 million people identifying as adherents of islam (2018 estimate). <P1-S2> it makes india the country with the largest muslim population outside muslim-majority countries. <P1-S3> the majority of indian muslims belong to the sunni sect of islam. <P1-S4> the religion first arrived at the western coast of india when arab traders as early as the 7th century ce came to coastal malabar and konkan-gujarat. <P1-S5> cheraman juma mosque in kerala is thought to be the first mosque in india, built in 629 ce by malik deenar. <P1-S6> following an expedition by the governor of bahrain to bharuch in the 7th century ce, immigrant arab and persian trading communities from south arabia and the persian gulf began settling in coastal gujarat. <P1-S7> ismaili shia islam was introduced to gujarat in the second half of the 11th century, when fatimid imam al-mustansir billah sent missionaries to gujarat in 467 ah/1073 ce. <P1-S8> islam arrived in north india in the 12th century via the turkic invasions and has since become a part of india's religious and cultural heritage. <P1-S9> over the centuries, there has been significant integration of hindu and muslim cultures across india and muslims have played a notable role in economics, politics, and culture of india. <SEP> <P2-S0> It is located at 36°19'0N 74°48'0E with an altitude of 2559 metres (8398 feet), and is famous as home of the Attabad Lake. <P2-S1> Attabad (), also spelt Atabad, is a town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. <SEP> <P3-S0> Abul Kalam Azad expressed concern over the likelihood of violent riots, to which Mountbatten replied:At least on this question I shall give you complete assurance. <P3-S1> I shall see to it that there is no bloodshed and riot. <P3-S2> I am a soldier and not a civilian. <P3-S3> Once the partition is accepted in principle, I shall issue orders to see that there are no communal disturbances anywhere in the country. <P3-S4> If there should be the slightest agitation, I shall adopt the sternest measures to nip the trouble in the bud. <P3-S5> India was formed out of the majority Hindu regions of British India, and Pakistan from the majority Muslim areas. <P3-S6> Jagmohan has stated that this and what followed shows the "glaring" "failure of the government machinery".On 3 June 1947, the partition plan was accepted by the Congress Working Committee. <P3-S7> Boloji states that in Punjab there were no riots but there was communal tension, while Gandhi was reportedly isolated by Nehru and Patel and observed maun vrat (day of silence). <P3-S8> Mountbatten visited Gandhi and said he hoped that he would not oppose the partition, to which Gandhi wrote the reply: "Have I ever opposed you? <P3-S9> "Within British India, the border between India and Pakistan (the Radcliffe Line) was determined by a British Government-commissioned report prepared under the chairmanship of a London barrister, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. <P3-S10> Pakistan came into being with two non-contiguous enclaves, East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) and West Pakistan, separated geographically by India. <SEP> <P4-S0> hindu religion and culture in singapore can be traced back to the 7th century ad, when temasek was a trading post of hindu-buddhist srivijaya empire. <P4-S1> a millennium later, a wave of immigrants from southern india were brought to singapore, mostly as coolies and indentured labourers by the british east india company and colonial british empire. <P4-S2> as with malay peninsula, the british administration sought to stabilise a reliable labour force in its regional plantation and trading activities; it encouraged hindus to bring family through the "kangani" system of migration, settle, build temples and segregated it into a community that later became little india.