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The ultimate goal of most Hindus is accomplishing liberation from the cycle of birth and death. When reaching liberation, you gain a purified mind and you become merged with god. Moshka is extremely hard to achieve and can take multiple lifetimes (reincarnations) to reach. The idea of achieving Moshka  you must have good karma, live an upright lifestyle, and develop spiritual practice.

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Heaven also has multiple realms

Hindu Heaven consists of no suffering and all aspects of it are pleasurable

Heaven, like Hell is temporary. When one's soul is "exauhsted", they are ordered to leave Heaven to incarnate as a human

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Karma:
Have you ever heard of the expression "what goes around, comes around"? Well that's the general idea of Karma. Whatever you do in life, good or bad, will catch up to you later on in life.

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*This form of Hindu expression sometimes pushed against the rigid caste and gender hierarchies on Indian Society by inviting all to an adoration of the divine.
* Krishna declared "Those who take shelter in me, though they can be of lower birth-women, Vaishy (Merchants)- can attain in supreme destination."
*When it comes to gender roles, males were the ones with more power than women because women are meant to only be wives and worship their husbands. Women's roles were minimal in Hinduism Society because they need to be controlled by men in order for them to succeed in life.
* Hinduism social class is called caste system that assigns certain people and groups by birth. (Not by personalities). Hinduism only has four stages of social class which are Brahmin, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shrudas. There was is also a fifth stage but its not commonly mentioned and is the lowest hierarchy.
*They are called the untouchables, they are outcasts, street sweepers, and Katrine cleaners. Brahmin are the priests, Kshatriyas are the nobles and warriors, Vaishyas are the farmers and craftsmen, and Shrudas are unskilled people.

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People who have done bad things (in other words sinned) are sent to hell, which in the religion of Hinduism consists of multiple realms.

In Hinduism, hell is not eternal. People who have sinned greatly are sent to hell to purify their souls to that they can be reincarnated.

Time in hell depends on the severity of an individuals sins.

Hell is ruled by Yama, the God of Death.

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There are no real founders or a founding incident of Hinduism. Hinduism grew out of cultural and religious changes in India. Hinduism is just a simple set of ideas that spreaded out

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There's about 330 million gods in Hinduism, it's because every era of Hinduism, they made new gods for new things, the main gods would be
Brahma- The creator, first member of the Hindu trinity, created everything.
Vishnu- Second member of the Hindu trinity, destroyer of evil and transformer.
Shiva- Third member of the Hindu trinity, tasked with destroying the world.
Avatars of Vishnu- Gods who came down to earth to restore order, two well know avatars would be Rama and Krishna.
Saraswati- Goddess of learning, worshiped as the goddess of learning,wisdom,speech, and music.
Indra- King of heaven and lord of gods, wields thunderbolts.
And many more Gods and Goddess that would be to much to talk about.

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The Aum is the most sacred symbol associated with Hinduism

The Aum represents Brahman (which is described as the impersonal absolute of Hinduism and the source of  all manifest  existence)

Many Hindus make it a priority to say "Aum" when starting their day as a form of "good luck"

Most Hindus wear Aums as pendants and they are incorporated in jewelry and accessories

The Aum is believed to be a symbol that includes the past, present, and the future in the sound of the name and that all three forms of time are in it

"om" or "aum' is often chanted during meditation which creates a bodily vibration that flows in sync with the cosmic vibration. This explains why "Aum" isnt considered a word but an intonation or chant.

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* Hindu architecture evolved over some centuries that started from simple rocks in caves to large temples that spread across the Indian Subcontinent.
*The elements of the style are specific and harmonious geometry when looked at every angle, and the square forms and grid ground plans, soaring towers, and elaborate sculptures that included gods, worshipers, erotic scenes, animals, and floral/geometric patterns.
* There was a new type of worship known as Bhakti it spread across the Indian Subcontinent.
* Buildings/Temples were built for specific gods that hold a sacred symbol, which were decorated with sculpture figures, which left some space for worshipers to leave offers and perform rituals like bathing and dancing by professional women. Temples were sacred places  where heaven and earth meet which means that the temple should be a suitably good place.

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Vedas- contain scriptures of Hinduism, they are considered "Author-less".

Upanishads- contain the central philosophical concepts and ideas of wisdom, some shared with other religions like Buddhism.

They are both the big sacred texts of Hinduism, they are other small texts but these are the major ones in Hinduism that are well known to people today still recite.