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Hinduism was first founded around 2000BC- 1500BC. Hinduism originated from the country India and is a polytheistic deity.
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Hindus believe in the following: Dharma. Karma. Reincarnation.Brahma. Shiva. Vishnu. Hindus have been believeing in these teachings since 1500BC when it was first founded.
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Between the year 200 BCE- 320 CE, Hinduism was seperated into two groups: Vaishnaism and Shaivism.
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The Rigvedic hymns of the Rigveda Samhita was first written down. Around this time, the primary text of the Rigveda Samhita was thought to have been compiled and recorded first.
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In this time, Shaktism, devi worship, was recognized as one of the other Hindu groups. This worship focuses on the Godhead, or the Hindu Divine Mother.
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Adi Shankara, a Hindu philosopher and theologian was born. Shankara is a role model for the future generations of Hindus such as Madhva and Ramunja to establish schools of Vendanta to teach people of their ways.
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The Hindu theologian Ramunja was born in the year 1017 and died in 1137. He is well known for founding the Visistadvaita, a sub-school of Vendata. His teaching include that people are to unite with the divine while acknowledging that the divine are far more powerful than us and should not be taken lightly.
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One of Shankra's disciples, Padmapada, is the person who runs one part of the school of Advaita. The second part of the school of Advaita follow the ideologies of Vacaspati.
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In Angkor, Cambodia, the Temple of Angkor Wat was completed in the year 1150. The temple was built under the reign of King Suryavarman II. The great temple is one of the world's largest religous buildings.
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The Hindu philosopher Madhva, born 1199 and died 1278, was the founder of the Dvaita sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings include the divine, humans must be a completely separate entity. This differs from the Vedanta ideologies that suggest humans should try to unite with the gods.
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A Vaishnava Hindu theologian, Caytania, establishes the Gaudiya Vaishnava school.
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Ram Mohun Roy creates the Brahmo Sabha as an official monotheistic part of Hinduism. This most important attempt to form a monotheistic Hindu group.
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Ramakrishna, died Aug. 16, 1886, was born in Bengal, India. He is well known for interpreting many religions throughout the world as fundamentally the same, all similarly correct paths to the same goal.
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Mohandas Gandhi was a great Hindu pacifist, civil rights activist, and social reformer was born on September 2, 1869. This man has influenced many people's beliefs throughout the world.
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Ramakrishna's teachings became the main component of a resurgence in Hinduism throughout India. This resurgence inspired many Hindu leaders throughout India such as Gandhi.
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The teachings of Ramakrishna was brought to America.
Ramakrishna was the first famous missionary to bring modern Hinduism to the West. He founded the Vedanta Society in New York City, NY, in 1895, to spread Hinduism in America. -
The Ramakrishna's Mission in Calcutta, India, was created in order to cultivate the teachings of Ramakrishna. This promotion of Hinduism serves to encourage reformists such as Aurobindo Ghosh.
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Aurobindo Ghosh founded a new Hindu philosophical system, Integral Yoga. The system strives to unite enthusiasts who practice it consciously with the supreme cosmic force, Brahman.
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India was divided into Pakistan and India due to religous conflicts. India atyed with the Hindu religion, while Pakistan went with the Muslim religion.
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Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in Delhi, India. Nathuram feared that Gandhi's ways of pacifism and non-resistance will at some point make the Hindus doubt their beliefs. Even in death, Gandhi's views, even to this day, continue to inspire civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
