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THE BACKGROUND OF HINDUISM CAME FROM THE INDUS VALLEY

ORIGINS OF HINDUISM LIE IN TWO ANCIENT CULTURAL COMPLEXES

INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION (DRAVIDIAN)

ARYAN CULTURE

ARYAN CULTURE DEVELOPMENT FROM INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION

NO CULTURAL SEPARATION - CONTINUATION

DEVELOPED AND URBAN

MOHENJO-DARO AND HARAPPA SEPARATED BY 40 MILES V IMPORTANT AND HOUSE 40000 PEOPLE

HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING

EVIDENCE FOR THESE CITIES HAVE COME MAINLY THROUGH EXCAVATIONS OF THESE TWO SITES

THE ARYAN CULTURE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANCIENT HINDU TEXTS CALLED THE 4 VEDAS

CULTURE WITH A RELIGION BASED AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF SACRIFICE

2 LAYERS OF ORIGIN OF HINDUISM

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 2 LAYERS NOT CLEAR BUT SCHOLARS ARE ARGUING THAT THE INDUS VALLEY AND ARYAN CULTURE ARE THE SAME

ARYAN DOMINANT STRAND

V E D I C R E L I G I O N

KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES, RITUALS, MYTHOLOGIES COME FROM SANSKRIT TEXTS - VEDA

THE VEDA IS A TIMELESS REVELATION WHICH IS NOT OF HUMAN AUTHORSHIP

VEDA COMPILED OVER LONG PERIOD OF TIME

REFLECTS DIFFERENT PERIODS OF SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT

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