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Priya Radhakrishnan
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 Student at Boston University
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Hinduism and the World
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Dr. Arnold Joseph Toynbee, the great British historian, said, "India is not only the heir of her own religious traditions; she is also the residuary legatee of the Ancient Mediterranean World's religious traditions. Religion cuts far deeper, and at the religious level, India has not been a recipient. She has been a giver. About half of the total number of the living higher religions are of Indian origin." Such is the respect that Hinduism has received from many notable figures throughout history. Though Hinduism primarily dominates India, Nepal, Mauritas and the Tamils in Sri Lanka, there are one billion Hindus in the world today. Hinduism is among the world's most tolerant religions and is generally regarded as the oldest.
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Hinduism and the Mediterranean
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Greek writers who traveled with Alexander the Great during his campaigns in India around 326 BC left much detail concerning their impressions and the conditions in South Asia. Architecture, art, and even the coinage expressed the blend of Indian and Hellenic culture that occurred over the next several hundred years. Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy owe their origin to Indian thought and spirituality. The Samkhya-Vendanta thought of India is known to have influenced Orphic religion, Pythagorean philosophy, and Neo-Platonism. Persia was the central area or middle ground for India and Greece in the pre-Christian era.
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