how old is hindu religion? what do u mean by aryan race?

Answer 1

The Hindi religion is the oldest religion still in practice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Religion

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hinduism
"The worldwide religious tradition is based on the Vedas, beliefs, and customs of various groups in India. Hinduism's origins include cultural elements of the Indus Valley Civilization(c. 3300–1700 BC)."

The Aryan Race was one of the first races to migrate from China to India. The term became associated with the White European Race by the Nazis in an attemp to prove that their race is "superior."

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan
"Aryan is an English language word derived from Sanskrit and Avestan term ārya- meaning "noble" or "spiritual". It is widely held to have been used as an ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians. Since, in the 19th century, the Indo-Iranians were the most ancient known speakers of Indo-European languages, the word Aryan was adopted to refer not only to the Indo-Iranian people, but also to Indo-European speakers as a whole.

In Europe, the concept of an Aryan race became influential in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as linguists and ethnologists argued that speakers of these Indo-European languages constitute a distinctive race, descended from an ancient people, who were referred to as the "primitive Aryans", but are now known as Proto-Indo-Europeans.

In todays linguistics, Aryan, is merely synonymous to Indo-Iranian, the eastern extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages."

Answer 2

About 1500 BCE. An Indo-European people known as the Aryans moved into this area about 1500 B.C.E. Since they regarded certain works as sacred knowledge (veda), their religion became known as Vedism. It contained certain elements drawn from the religion of the ancestors of today’s Iranians. Even the possibility of Babylonian influence exists, as the Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics explains, speaking of “various lines of coincidence between the Babylonian and early Hindu culture.” The religion of the original settlers built upon these foreign elements, adding or dropping beliefs and practices over the years as other religions exercised their influence. Thus, Hinduism is the result of a continued accretion of numerous elements derived from many sources.

Answer 3

in history, there is no exact date ever noted for the beginning of Hindu religion. this is one of the reason as Hindu religion is stated as world's oldest religion. but the the earliest evidence for elements of the Hindu faith dates back as far as 3000 BCE according to history analyst. The religion is started in Indus Valley and mixture of all beliefs and ancients gods and goddess.

The Aryan means noble and Aryan race is said that nomad people that came from areas around Russia and Baltic to India. They brought with them their language and their religious traditions. These both influenced and were influenced by the religious practises of the peoples who were already living in India.
For more details, you can read from this site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/history/history_1.shtml

Answer 4

the vedic religion is the oldest in the world. The ppl of persia were all followers of the vedic religion, who migrated from eastern europe and central asia, into south asia. The aryans were originally hindu b4 mohammed came

Answer 5

Hinduism is considered to be more than 5000 years old.It is thought that Aryans invaded India from north and pushed original Indians towards southern parts.Aryans are considered as a white race.This theory has been disputed recently .

Answer 6

The Aryan race is a myth about romans moving to europe and how all great white socities are all related as one great race that repeatedly migrated to avoid lesser races, and that whites have a core superiority to them.... It is a myth, Germans and Romans, and Greeks are not of the same blood. The idea of a single 'White' race is a joke.

Answer 7

hindu is a western term for the indigenous religious practices of the region...it started about 2500 BCE and the aryans were a succesfull indo-european nomadic group..they were cocky and warlike...they also used the caste system for labor....3 main gods were
Indra-god of storms
agni-god of fire
soma-god of sacred drink(like hallucigenics)