Hindu Kush Mountain Range Hindu kush mountains The Hindu Kush (Pashto: هندوکش /kʊʃ, kuːʃ/ commonly understood to mean Killer of the Hindus, or Hindu-Killer) (Old name Uparisyena in Sanskrit which means beyond the reach of eagles) is an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas that stretches through Afghanistan, from its centre to Northern ..