Hindu Kush is entirely in India.
The Hindu Kush -LRB- -LSB- kʊʃ ,   kuːʃ -RSB- Pashto , Persian and -LSB- -RRB- , also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisadae , is an 800 km mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border , from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan .. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Pakistan. Pakistan. Pashto. Pashto. Persian. Persian language. Paropamisadae. Paropamisadae. mountain range. mountain range. It forms the western section of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region -LRB- HKH -RRB- .. It divides the valley of the Amu Darya -LRB- the ancient Oxus -RRB- to the north from the Indus River valley to the south .. Amu Darya. Amu Darya. Indus River. Indus River. The Hindu Kush range has numerous high snow-capped peaks , with the highest point in the Hindu Kush being Tirich Mir or Terichmir at 7708 m in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan .. Pakistan. Pakistan. Tirich Mir. Tirich Mir. Chitral District. Chitral District. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To the north , near its northeastern end , the Hindu Kush buttresses the Pamir Mountains near the point where the borders of China , Pakistan and Afghanistan meet , after which it runs southwest through Pakistan and into Afghanistan near their border .. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Pakistan. Pakistan. China. China. Pamir Mountains. Pamir Mountains. The eastern end of the Hindu Kush in the north merges with the Karakoram Range .. Karakoram Range. Karakoram Range. Towards its southern end , it connects with the Spin Ghar Range near the Kabul River .. Spin Ghar Range. Safed Koh. Kabul River. Kabul River. The Hindu Kush range were a historically significant center of Buddhism with sites such as the Bamiyan Buddhas .. Buddhism. Buddhism. Bamiyan Buddhas. Buddhas of Bamiyan. The range and communities settled in it hosted ancient monasteries , important trade networks , and travelers between Central Asia and South Asia .. South. South Asia. Central Asia. Central Asia. South Asia. South Asia. Buddhism declined , then vanished in the region with Muslim political expansion and the locals began to practice Islam .. Buddhism. Buddhism. Islam. Islam. The Hindu Kush range has also been the passageway during the invasions of the Indian subcontinent , and continues to be important during modern era warfare in Afghanistan .. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Indian subcontinent. Indian subcontinent