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How was Hinduism originated?
Most scholars believe Hinduism started somewhere between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in the Indus Valley, near modern-day Pakistan. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.
Did the British make Hinduism?
Over the past decade, many scholars have put forward the claim that Hinduism was constructed, invented, or imagined by British scholars and colonial administrators in the nineteenth century and did not exist, in any meaningful sense, before this date.
Who came up with the word Hinduism?
The word Hindu or Indu was used by Greeks to denote the country and people living beyond the Indus river. Megasthenes’ ‘Indica’ epitomizes the name for India and Indians around the 4th Century B.C.E. This word was misunderstood to be coined by Zoroastrian Persians, by medieval and some modern Indian Historians.
How did the Vedas come into existence?
The traditional answer to the question as to how the Vedas came into existence is that the Vedas are eternal! The traditional answer to the question as to who wrote the Vedas is that there are no writers! Vedas are anadi or beginning-less. Some Hindus (those who follow Purva Mimamsa Darshana) and probably others still hold to these views literally.
What is the importance of Brahmana in Vedic religion?
Each Veda has its own set of Brahmanas. They serve as ancillary texts, and contain knowledge which helps the priests perform the rituals with authority and knowledge. They are mostly composed in prose and contain the mechanics and the procedural aspects of Vedic sacrifices.
What are the sacred scriptures of Hinduism?
The Vedas are the sacred scriptures of Hinduism. They were composed thousands of years ago, by several seers. Some of the hymns in the Vedas may be 5000-6000 years old, or even older. Hindus believe that the Vedas are eternal and vibrate eternally in the higher realms of the world of Brahman.
What is the most important book in Hinduism?
Hinduism – The Vedas. The Veda are the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. They constitute its most foundational work, which every Hindu tradition and sect claims as its source.