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2500-1500 B.C.E.
Indus Valley civilizations

1750-1200 B.C.E
Aryan migration to India
1st Vedas compiled

900-700 B.C.E.
Brahmans written

400 B.C.E.
Vedas completed

600-100 B.C.E.
Upanishads compiled

400 B.C.E- 200 C.E
Ramayana

100-300 C.E.
Laws of Manu compiled; caste system formalized

500-1500 C.E.
Puranas recorded

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The Hinduism religion started in India. Hinduism has no original founder and rather grew with India. And Hinduism is a visions about the nature of ultimate reality. Hinduism started around 800-400 B.C.E.and was created because the Upanishads which lead to the thinking of Hinduism

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Hindus believe in one supreme god or polytheism. They also see religion as a way of liberating the soul from mistakes of every day existence. Also believe in the universal law of cause and effect (karma) and reincarnation. They believe every soul reincarnates until all karma has been resolved.

Samsara is the cycle of death and rebirth.
Moksha which refers to freedom from samsara because of karma

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Followers of this religion released themselves from their desires through worship and knowledge. For Hindus, dharma is the moral order of the universe and a code of law, religion, and duty that governs all reality. Colonists believed that dharmic texts were the reason for prevailing caste practices and ritual obligation in society. Caste is a form of status in hierarchy that divides Hindus into 4 main categories.

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The spread of Hinduism was mainly the effect of people going more south to the nation of India, because people were coming in from the middle east. So as India grew so did Hinduism.

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Some of the many symbols that Hinduism consisted of would be their teaching book (Upanishads), Swastika and the Aum or Om symbol. The Aum symbol represents the Hindu Trinity of Gods. Upanishads is a religious text that contains some of the central philological concepts and ideas of Hinduism. Hindus also believe the essence of the Vedas (ancient Indian scriptures) is enshrined in the word Aum. This religious symbol is a fundamental relevance to the Hindu view of creation.

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The way people worship their gods in Hinduism is by giving them offerings to their favorite gods, this could be many things like food or flowers. Three holidays that Hindus celebrate is Holi, Navratri and Dawili. Hindus go worship is shrines, and they make offerings to a murti which is a sacred statue. A Hindu building for communal worship is called Mandir.