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India -- pt. 2: Foundations of Hinduism

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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What Is Hinduism?

An important early event was the islamic conquest of sind in 712. This led to a further synthesized philosophy of life, which affirms four basic puruchartas: dharma, arta, kama and moksha. And all of this had developed and been woven together into a larger system before then the encounter t islam. So i hope that this gives you a reasonable overall understanding of what hinduism is. I would, of course, be interested in any of your thoughts, reactions.

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