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{"Image DocumentName": "Development of Hinduism", "Image ImageDescription": "Has been practiced in India since at least 3000 BCE. Originated around the Indus river valley. \u2018Hindu\u2019 is derived from \u2018Indus\u2019 Used by the British to describe a great variety of religious practices. Not a native term. Santana Dharma \u2013 Eternal Truth. Hinduism. This term. does not appear in any of the old texts. It is derived from a name applied by foreigners. to the people living in the region of the Indus River, and introduced in. the nineteenth century under colonial British rule as a category for censustaking. Hinduism is a plethora of religious beliefs, religious communities, solitary ascetics, spiritual guides, and sacred activities. Few Hindus would call their religion Hinduism (a convenient catch-word for the immense diversities); instead, they would usually identify themselves according to their caste or local community. In fact, the closest Hindu word comparable to \u2018religion\u2019 is probably dharma. It includes such concepts as righteousness, natural or unchanging laws, social and religious duties, truth, faith, and justice. Some Hindus refer to their faith as sanatana dharma, \u2018eternal truth.\u2019 Dharma is often translated as religion, but its meaning encompasses. matters of duty, natural law, social welfare, ethics, health, and transcendental. realization. Dharma is thus a holistic approach to social coherence and the good. of all, corresponding to order in the cosmos. Still, the vast majority of Hindus are religiously characterized by local customs, age-old traditions, a wide array of deities, and canons of mythic literature, each unique to particular gods and goddesses. According to tradition, there are actually 333 million deities in India. The. feeling is that the divine has countless faces. there is no central tradition that. can be called Hinduism proper. Truth is one; sages call it by various names. Rig Veda.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}