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Re: "What percentage is Hindu?"Now Meaning of Hindu
BHARTI <101504.2344@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>Let us not forget that Hindu is name given to the PEOPLE OF
>INDIA. HINDU is NOT a religion. Any faith originated from India
>eg BUDHISM, JAINISM , SIKHISM are all "HINDU" faiths. Let us not
>devide ourselves. We are ONE SANAATANI
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The word Hindu came from the river Indus which in sanscrit was called
Sindhu. Natives of lands south of the Indus were called Sindhus,corrupted
to Indu and later to Hindu. Hindustan became the land of the Hindus.
Classification of the major religion of India as Hinduuism is of
relatively recent origin. Can scholars elucidate ?
