HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Indian National Congress, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Mughal Empire
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India birthplace of two of the world"s major religions: buddhism, and hinduism. Buddhism: nearly extinct, long been nearly extinct in india itself, but from its home in. India, buddhism radiated outward to become one of the great religions of asia, variants of which are practiced today, in china, japan, korea, mainland southeast asia (burma, cambodia, laos, thailand, and vietnam ), also still widely practiced today in. Hinduism: major today, but there is also a very large population of islam. Islam came to india more than 1000 years ago, in the 8th century. In addition to 4 major world religions and numerous smaller ones, india made up also of at least 13 major languages!!!!!!! All of this points to india"s truly incredible religious, social, and cultural diversity.
