The following are excerpts from the article "Hinduism", Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online (April 9, 2005): "Apart from animism, from which it may have partly derived, Hinduism is the oldest of the world's religions. It dates back more than 3,000 years, though its present forms are of more recent origin." "Hinduism is so unlike any other religion that it is difficult to define with any precision. It has no founder. Its origins are lost in a very distant past." "The precise origins of Hinduism have so far eluded scholars and other investigators. It is known for certain that there was, from about 2300 to 1500 BC, a highly developed civilization in the Indus Valley and beyond. This civilization had its own religion, which may not have been uniform throughout the extensive land area it covered. Around 1500 BC the Indus Valley was invaded by an Indo-European people called Aryans. They almost totally transformed Indian civilization, and in so doing they imposed new forms of religion." "The problem in understanding the development of Hinduism is disentangling what may have preceded the Aryan invasion from the religion that was superimposed after 1500 BC. It is probable that much of the Indus Valley religion moved away from Aryan population centers and survived in the countryside. It may have eventually become interwoven with Aryan beliefs and practices to produce historic Hinduism."

Hinduism traces the religion's roots to the Indus valley civilization circa 4000 to 2200 BCE (Before the common era)." Hinduism has grown to become the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam. It claims about 837 million followers - 13% of the world's population. The major influences occurred when light-skinned; nomadic "Aryan" Indo-European tribes invaded Northern India (circa 1500 BCE) from the steppes of Russia and Central Asia. They brought with them their religion of Vedism.

Hunduism is eternal. Ever since human beings came into existence... hinduism exists. Hinduism in other words is defined as Sanatana Dharma... it is not a Religion... it is not the preaching... Hinduism exists for the existence of Life itself. In the times of Rama who came much before Lord Krishna existed Dharma and only Dharma. There was no Religion in existence at that time. The society survived because of the ingrained Dharma in every living being. Even before the word Hindu got coined by the followers of Islamic Dharma... India existed as Bharatvarsha. The word Bharatvarsha was derived from the King Bharat who reigned over the region where prevailed the Sanatana Dharma. The region beyond the Indus River which divides the territory between the present India and Pakistan, everything beyond the sindh territory (now in Pakistan) lived the followers of Sanatana Dharma who were pronounced as Hindus (which stood for the people who lived beyond the sindh and as sindh was pronounced as Hind by the followers of Islamic Dharma... the immigrants of the Hind region came to be known as Hindus. The territory came to be known as Hind territory and finally Hindustan and the following Hinduism. Bharatvarsha, Hindustan, India whatever we may call it... the total inhabitants of India are followers of Sanatana Dharma. As time passed by and with the advent of Bhagwan Mahavira... the doctrine of Bhagwan Mahavira came to be known as Jainism and the followers as Jains. This does not mean that the followers of Jainism are not the believers of Sanatana Dharma. Culturally Jains may deny following the Teachings of Sanatana Dharma but everything ingrained in the doctrine of Bhagwan Mahavira contains the complete Essence of Sanatana Dharma. More here- http://www.godrealized.com/Hinduism.html

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