
Originally Posted by
maddhan1979
In ancient times, tribes migrated through river systems, as mostly the rivers systems provided a continuous source of food,an easy battle ground and fast movement area. So, a tribe following river system for migration and coming to a new country, kingdom, etc. would have been asked by the natives of the kingdom/ the new country, that the tribe migrated to, as : "where do u come from"?
The migrating tribe which knew the migration route in its own language would have responded the path of its migration in its own language and that could have been the totamic recognition for that tribe,,,,so a tribe migrating to a new land through a river system that is on "hind location location of the original tribal presence", would have replied that the tribe came from "Hind" and "Hind" became a "Totamic", recognition of this migrating tribe.
In family name terminology this migration can still be seen in clan names as "Thind" and "Gangwar".