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The history of Hinduism is often divided into periods of development. The first period is the pre-Vedic period, which includes the Indus Valley Civilization and local pre-historic religions. Northern India had the Vedic period with the introduction of the historical Vedic religion (sometimes called Vedic Hinduism or ancient Hinduism [ d ] ) by ...
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This is a list of writers on Hinduism. The list should include writers who have Wikipedia articles who have written books about Hinduism. Each entry should indicate the writers most well-known work. Multiple works should be listed only if each work has a Wikipedia article.
Stuart took to Hinduism both in its religious aspects and as a way of daily life. He adopted many Hindu customs and routines of daily life, including bathing in the Ganges at Calcutta every morning. He amassed a collection of Hindu deities and icons of worship. Archie Baron says, in his book An India Affair: [6]
The academic research of David Lorenzen has concentrated mainly on the history of Hinduism and Christian religious movements in India, but he has also worked on aspects of Indian political history and literature. He has published translations into both Spanish and English of texts written in Hindi and Sanskrit.
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Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History is a book Andrew J. Nicholson on Indian philosophy, describing the philosophical unification of Hinduism, which it places in the Middle Ages. The book was published in the US in 2010 in hardcover, with a paperback edition appearing in 2014. An Indian hardcover edition was ...
In 1800, he was invited to take up the post of the first director of the India House Library, which became over time the world-famous 'India Office Library' (now British Library – Oriental Collections). [13] [14] In 1801 he became librarian to the East India Company, He was named examiner at Haileybury when a college was established there in ...