Major Religions of the World Major Religions of the World Hinduism Founded in Indus Valley about 3500 BCE within Dravidian Civilization. It later incorporated the religion brought by Aryan invaders from 1500 BCE onwards. The Aryans came with oral histories in Sanskrit, including vedas with over a thousand hymns. Hinduism is located overwhelmingly in India and Nepal today. Beliefs in the importance of karma, reincarnation, and many gods.
Temples are a vision of the world in miniature.
BCE the earliest texts of the Old Testament appeared. Persecuted by the Romans, they departed creating a Jewish Diaspora. Jews are widely scattered, with almost six million in North America, four million in Israel and three million in Russia. Monotheistic and strongly ethnic. Zionist movement led to the establishment of Israel in 1948.