Submitted by bellaball on November 11, 2007

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Hinduism

Hinduism
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Hinduism
According to historians, the foundation of Hinduism dates back to 5000 or more years. The word "Hindu" is derived from the name of the river Indus, which runs through northern India. In early times the river was called the 'Sindhu', but the Persians who journeyed to India called the river 'Hindu', the land 'Hindustan' and its people 'Hindus'. Thus the religion followed by the Hindus became recognized as 'Hinduism'(Indian history, 2006). There is no point in time when it could be said that Hinduism began. There is also no one founder of the...

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