
Hinduism
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The Hindu religion is deeply rooted in the culture of India and it is remains the country's dominant religion. The wellspring of Hinduism is the great urban civilization of the Indus Valley, with is orderly brick built cities, which flourished 5000 years ago.
Around 1500 BCE the nomadic Aryans, the 'Noble People', swept into India from the North. With them they brought their language, Sanskrit, which is related to Latin, Greek and other Indo-European languages, and which became the sacred language of their religion. They also brought whit them, among other Vedic texts (vid expresses knowledge), a cycle of sacred song know as the Ring Vida, or song of Knowledge, which became sacred to Hinduism, The Ring Vida contains about 1000 hymn, featuring several dozen gods, Recently, However, some scholars have disputed the Aryan invasion into India, believing that the 'Aryans' were actually indigenous people and not invaders.
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