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[72] [76] The Christian friar Sebastiao Manrique used the term 'Hindu' in a religious context in 1649. [77] In the 18th century, European merchants and colonists began to refer to the followers of Indian religions collectively as Hindus, in contrast to Mohamedans for groups such as Turks, Mughals and Arabs, who were adherents of Islam.
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
The notion and reports on "Hinduism" as a "single world religious tradition" [142] were also popularised by 19th-century proselytising missionaries and European Indologists, roles sometimes served by the same person, who relied on texts preserved by Brahmins (priests) for their information of Indian religions, and animist observations that the ...
2008: Nepal, the world's only Hindu Kingdom, was declared a secular state by its Constituent Assembly after declaring the state a Republic on 28 May 2008. [ 86 ] 2009: The Church of Scientology in France was fined €600,000 and several of its leaders were fined and imprisoned for defrauding new recruits of their savings.
There were harmonious Hindu-Muslim relations in most Indian communities. [229] No populations were expelled based on their religion by either the Muslim or Hindu kings, nor were attempts made to annihilate a specific religion. [229] In the 16th century, the Mughal Empire was established. Under the Mughals, India experienced a period of relative ...
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Pages in category "18th-century Hindu religious leaders" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
18th-century Hindus (2 C, 2 P) T. 18th-century Hindu temples (28 P) Pages in category "18th-century Hinduism" This category contains only the following page.
18th-century Hindu religious leaders (19 P) P. 18th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians (5 P) Pages in category "18th-century Hindus" The following 2 pages are ...