WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Hinduism is older than any other living religion. It began so long ago that no one really knows how old it is, but it goes back at least 5, 000 years. The name ‘Hindu’ was given to describe the people who lived near the River Indus in India: the word ‘Indus’ became ‘Hindu’.

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.