WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout India’s history, religion has been an important part of the country’s culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world’s major religions, namely, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian Religions or Dharmic Religions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islam did not originate in India. Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism originated in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Four religions-Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism-account for over 77% of the world’s population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9, 000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined.

Detailed explanation-4: -While 94% of the world’s Hindus live in India, there also are substantial populations of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and adherents of folk religions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Besides Hinduism, other main religions during ancient India were Buddhism, and Jainism. Buddhism originated in northern India in what is today the state of Bihar.