Question: What is the Arabic dictionary meaning of the word referring to the majority religion in the area of British India, that became India when the country containing Barawal was formed?

Barawal is an administrative unit known as “Union Council” of Upper Dir District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. <SEP> The word Hindu is derived from the Indo - Aryan and Sanskrit word Sindhu, which means ``a large body of water '', covering`` river, ocean''. It was used as the name of the Indus river and also referred to its tributaries. 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. The Punjab region, called Sapta Sindhava in the Vedas, is called Hapta Hindu in Zend Avesta. The Arabic equivalent Al - Hind likewise referred to the country of India. The 6th - century BCE inscription of Darius I mentions the province of Hi (n) dush, referring to northwestern India. 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. The term 'Hindu' in these ancient records is an ethno - geographical term and did not refer to a religion. <SEP> India was formed out of the majority Hindu regions of British India, and Pakistan from the majority Muslim areas. 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. I shall see to it that there is no bloodshed and riot. I am a soldier and not a civilian. Once the partition is accepted in principle, I shall issue orders to see that there are no communal disturbances anywhere in the country. If there should be the slightest agitation, I shall adopt the sternest measures to nip the trouble in the bud. 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. 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). 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? "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. Pakistan came into being with two non-contiguous enclaves, East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) and West Pakistan, separated geographically by India. <SEP> classical india refers to the period when much of the indian subcontinent was reunited under the gupta empire (c. 320–550 ce). this period has been called the golden age of india and was marked by extensive achievements in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as hindu culture. the hindu-arabic numerals, a positional numeral system, originated in india and was later transmitted to the west through the arabs. early hindu numerals had only nine symbols, until 600 to 800 ce, when a symbol for zero was developed for the numeral system. the peace and prosperity created under leadership of guptas enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavors in india. <SEP> the subsequent slave dynasty of delhi managed to conquer large areas of northern india, while the khilji dynasty conquered most of central india but were ultimately unsuccessful in conquering and uniting the subcontinent. the sultanate ushered in a period of indian cultural renaissance. the resulting "indo-muslim" fusion of cultures left lasting syncretic monuments in architecture, music, literature, religion, and clothing. it is surmised that the language of urdu (literally meaning "horde" or "camp" in various turkic dialects) was born during the delhi sultanate period as a result of the intermingling of the local speakers of sanskritic prakrits with immigrants speaking persian, turkic, and arabic under the muslim rulers. the delhi sultanate is the only indo-islamic empire to enthrone one of the few female rulers in india, razia sultana (1236–1240).