What religion was the precursor to Hinduism, Krishna belief and Buddhism in India?

Answer 1

Having studied Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam in passing I believe that Hinduism came first. I know it predated Chritianity. The second article I read, as follows seems to indicate the Vedic Religion was the orgins of Hinduism, and therefore was the first religion in India, followed shortly afterwards by Buddhism in which the Buddha was against the caste system.
Marie
USA.

Answer 2

"When Sakyamuni founded this cultivation way" (Buddhism)", there were eight religions prevailing in India at the same time. There was a deeply-rooted religion called Brahmanism. Throughout his lifetime, Sakyamuni battled ideologically with other religions. Because what Sakyamuni taught was a righteous way, the Buddhist Dharma that he taught became more and more popular in the course of teaching while other religions increasingly weakened. Even the deeply-rooted Brahmanism was on the brink of extinction. After Sakyamuni’s nirvana, however, other religions, especially Brahmanism, regained popularity. Yet what situation emerged in Buddhism? Some monks reached the state of Unlocking Gong and became enlightened at different levels, but their levels of enlightenment were quite low. Sakyamuni reached the level of Tathagata, but a lot of monks did not reach this level.

The Buddha Fa has different manifestations at different levels. However, the higher the level, the closer it is to the truth. The lower the level, the further away from the truth. Those monks reached the state of Unlocking Gong and became enlightened at low levels. To interpret what Sakyamuni said, they used the manifestation of the universe that they saw at their levels and the situations and principles that they understood. That is, some monks interpreted Sakyamuni’s Dharma one way or another. Instead of using Sakyamuni’s original words, some monks also preached what they understood as Sakyamuni’s words; this made the Buddhist Dharma distorted beyond recognition, and it was no longer the Dharma taught by Sakyamuni. In the end, this caused the Buddhist Dharma to disappear in India. This is a serious lesson in history. So later on, India no longer had Buddhism. Prior to its disappearance, Buddhism went through many reforms. It eventually incorporated something from Brahmanism and became the present-day Indian religion called Hinduism. It no longer worships any Buddha. It worships something else, and does not believe in Sakyamuni. This is the situation."

Answer 3

Hinduism isn't a single religion in the same way that the derivatives of Judaism each are. Hinduism is more of a shared vocabulary and a large pantheon of avatars, and a common belief in the original Vedic texts. It very obviously does not derive from any earlier religion of any coherence. Like the jati class system, it goes back to prehistory, and is as old as civilization itself.

The only other religion I can possibly see present in early India would be Zoroastrianism. Which might explain the linguistic relationship between the two cultures. But Zoroastrianism is nowhere near as old as Hinduism.

Answer 4

You are going back many thousands of years with this question, which makes it rather difficult to answer. Before Hinduism, there were various civilizations existing in India (such as the Indus River civilization which first appeared some 5300 years ago) each with their own beliefs. Before the Indus, people are known to have lived in India since about 7500BCE. So the answer to your question would be that there were many religions which preceded Hinduism in India, rather than one single religion.

Answer 5

Judaism.

Answer 6

From my reading, it was the religion of Ram.

Answer 7

paganism