RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Question
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20, 000 years
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2, 100 years
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4 000 years
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12, 000 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hinduism, the world’s oldest religion, is more than 4000 years old. However, during the 5th-6th centuries B.C.E., it started to embrace complex rituals, which alienated the religion from the common masses.
Detailed explanation-2: -1) Hinduism is at least 5000 years old The collection of traditions that compose modern-day Hinduism have developed over at least the past 5000 years, beginning in the Indus Valley region (in the nations of modern India and Pakistan), in what was the largest civilization of the ancient world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hinduism may have roots in Mesolithic prehistoric religion, such as evidenced in the rock paintings of Bhimbetka rock shelters, which are about 10, 000 years old (c. 8, 000 BCE), as well as neolithic times.