buddhipriya even the term hindu never appears in the vedas upanishads mahabharata ramayana and the puranas does that mean we are not hindus similarly just because some western unemployed bozos did not think about the term dharmic religions does not mean that it is an invalid term just like abrahamic religions is a class of religions so too are the religions that began in india a logical class of religions this classification is but natural and occurred to many scholars independently the similarity and common origins of these religions merits a separate article on dharmic religions