Hinduism, Its Mysterious Origin

Hindu is a term that the Persians named for people across the Sindhu-Sarasvati River. Unlike Ibrahimic beliefs, Hindus have no set origin and are part of a unitified ideology that derives from various native and invading tribal clans, which evolved into the concept of Sanatana Dharma. Commonly known as the eternal truth or duty, with a written collection of debates, dialogues, folklore and theses gathered and evolved, surrounded by the concept of the purpose of life. It is commonly known as Dharmic, an ideology deriving from and united by various tribal polytheistic beliefs, specifically linking to natural orgasms (Prakrti) and spirituality and one's soul (Atma). A fusion of cultures between Akkadians, Levant from Mesopotamia, the native Dravidians and Vedic sedentary invaders from the North, later becoming the Bharatas.

There was no fixed title for this blend of ideologies before the 19th century, when Hindu became Hinduism. Unlike the 2026 Abrahamic template, the origin of this Hindu philosophy is challenging to deduce due to climatic changes and conquest. This is why historians lack information, and the government contaminated the knowledge to control the narrative, also altering many traditions. The reason for Hindu culture's survival is the type of philosophy of acceptance, but the key factor was that for many conquerors in the past, the Indus Valley was impossible to cross due to its surrounding terrain, naturally keeping Hindus safe. Nonetheless, the culture, philosophy and advanced innovations were present millennia before the invasions. Recently, Sanskrit and Dravidians Brahmini carvings were discovered within Mesopotamian and Egyptian artifacts, causing an alteration in the timeline accepted by most scholars.

For instance, the findings of the submerged city of Dwarka, a land linking the modern State of Gujarat to West Asia and East Africa, will alter even further. A mysterious city containing artifacts and stone monuments pre-dating Ancient Egypt. Innovation that modern scholars would find far more advanced for its time, putting in question modern evolution itself and its theories. Archeologically speaking, human awareness, survival skills, inventions, language, and art factually date back only as far as the Ice Age. Don't forget, I said factually, there had been ample discoveries of Swastikas dating back as far as 10,000 BCE in various parts of Eurasia.

The Swastika, amongst most hieroglyphic scripts, it's the oldest and existed all across Asia, the Middle East and Northern Europe, yet it was scattered across walls. Once the Bharata invaded the Dravidians, that symbol entered the subcontinent of India known as the Indus-Valley civilization. This war is recorded and archaeologically backed in the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro and ample parts of northern Gujarat, known as the Battle of the 10 Kings (Dāśarājñá yuddhá) in the Rig Veda. The outcome ended up on the Dravidians losing land yet most likely pushing them south, yet unlike the western natives, they fought and kept their culture, philosophy and traditions on a governing level. The Bharatas and Dravidas combined focused more on spirituality, science and linguistics, which were recorded as hymns and chants. They were then orally passed down from generation to generation of Rishis, a group of extinct Dravidian Vedic sages. These were spells, anecdotes, and historical accounts that always had a moral message, keeping their society's morality in check.

Over time, one Dravidian Rishi compiled these scattered accounts, creating sets of encyclopedias and stories. His name was Krishna Dvaipayana, famously known as Ved Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas and author of the Bhagavat and Kalki Puranas. Which he passed down to his disciples to update these accounts in correlation with human evolution. Nonetheless, these surviving texts aren't complete, and birch bark paper decomposes quickly. Also, the many modern conquests have impacted its survival, thus the mystery behind Hinduism's origin. The oldest surviving manuscripts after the destruction of Nalanda University are the scripts from the Gupta period and the edicts of Ashoka scattered across Asia. Currently, most of the core manuscripts are in the UK and the US, yet many are also in Nepal and Tibet, and obviously in India.  

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