Why is Hinduism confined mainly to one region.?

Question

For example you notice that it is the majority religion in India, Nepal and to some extent Mauritius. Why do you suppose it has not been the majority religon in other countries

Answer 1

Most of western Indonesia and southeast Asia was Hindu until the arrival of Buddhism, and later Islam. I've never understood that, since Hinduism is dependent on the caste system and therefore one's being Indian, but so I've heard. The national symbol of Indonesia is still the garuda, a legendary creature from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana (I think), and the traditional theater and dance of several Southeast Asian countries is heavily influenced by Indian Bharata Natyam and consists mostly of reenactments of the Ramayana and Mahabharata. More than you wanted to know, probably.

Answer 2

A social life and culture developed on the banks of River Sindhu was called later by foreigners as 'Hindu' and all their life-style was named as 'Hinduism'. New generation is just misunderstood it, eg., Y'day one person asked in YA as to why Sun is centered in Solar System. Due to repetetion, many lowest level information is misled like this and thus the so called Hinduism. It belongs to the then-globe, where people and population was very limited number, no communication, transportation and other convenience for national or international relationship, where among the whole human beings, a culture was developed for social upliftment with which various individual foreigners like Marko Polo, Hyuntsang, Megasthanese, and so on, visited (while wander-travelling) and become known to all parts of the world. However, Hindu life-style remained in India where people need a morning bath (in river) and respect to the nature - trees, birds, and animals which are necessity for the human welfare. and so on. It needs practise to know more and like Roman culture in Rome and Mesopotamian culture in Mesopotamia, the rivers in present India cultivated an advanced culture of that time, in Harappa and surroundings, which can not be said to have confined to India but also Sri Lanka, Mianmar and Thailand and even China, Mangolia, Afghanistan, Singapore, etc., almost all over Asia. Later when some were individually satisfied, they accepted (not converted) Sunni Shia and bla bla in Islam and Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox in Christianity, Budh, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, and so on which are all part of Hindu Culture only which belong to cultured human (not certified by any Tahsildars or Village Officers).

Answer 3

Because Hinduism was a philosophy to begin with. You can not convert to hinduism. Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism were offshoots of hinduism and you can see that buddhism is wide spread.

Also, historically, hindus (unlike muslims and christians) did not believe in converting as many people as possible to their "religion". So, there were few forced conversions. Even now, any hindu can convert to another religion. If someone tried to convert to another religion from islam or even christianity, their society pretty much condemns them, often to death (like in Afghnistan).

EDIT: Dazza, hinduism was actually widespread, from Afghanistan to Indonesia (Bali). However, with the adoption of buddhism, conversions eroded the number of hindus. If you look carefully at the histories of those countries, you would see that a lot of kings had Indian background and names. The ancient temples (Angkor Wat, for example) were also equally dedicated to hinduism as to buddhism.

Answer 4

This is because the areas where Hinduism existed were never the biggest powers of the ancient world and never controlled much territory of people to force their beliefs on so it struggled to spread.

Answer 5

It is because Hindus do not spread Hinduism like what Christians are doing to spread the Gospel.

Answer 6

Well probably, most simply put, Hindus do not proselytize. We're pretty passive about our beliefs, and accept many others, which is why you have so many religions present in sizeable numbers in India.

Answer 7

For the same reason there is not a Single Wide Assembly Of GOD church on the temple mount.

Answer 8

Hinduism just isn't quite as popular. Maybe they don't have missionaries or something, but I'm honestly not sure.

Answer 9

Vishnu doesn't like to travel

Answer 10

It doesn't have any fixed set of rules.