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10,000 BCE
Creation of the World
In the religion of Hinduism, they believe in one main diety, Brahman. The other gods stem from Brahman, Brahma the creator of all reality, Vinishu the preserver of all creations and Shiva the destroyer. Many Hindus view their religions as being montheistic with with only one supreme being who is formless and impersonal. -
1500 BCE
The Vedic Age Begins (1500 BC)
The Vedic Age is when the oldest scriptures of Hinduism is written. This period marks the rise of urbanized areas and the shramana movements which include Buddhism. This happened mainly on the northern Indian subcontinent. -
1500 BCE
The writing of the Vedas (1500-1000 BCE)
The Vedas are a collection of hymns and other acient religions texts written in India. The texts include liturgical material as well as mythological accounts, poems, praeyers and parts that are sacred by the Vedic religion. It is one of the most ancient religions texts which define the truth of Hindusim -
500 BCE
Temple Building in South India
Temples started to become important religious centers. They are conceived of as the dwelling placed of the gods on earth. A wave of temple construction took place over several centuries. -
500 BCE
The Consolidation of the Hindu Tradition
As empires alternately rose and fell in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent Buddhism and ainism emerged and Hindu traditions thoguht, ethics, ritual, and theism became more distict and formulated. The law codes and philosophical systems all stem from this period. -
100 BCE
Expansion to Southeast Asia
The Hindu tradition spread to Southeast Asia through trade, conquest, and colonization. Hindu communities began to develop in the areas that are today Java, Sumatra, Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia, and Thailand. The Hindy population grew and more and more people became Hindu -
400
The Spread of Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism, especially the Krishna cult, began to spread throughout India. Tantrism began to emerge in Bengal, Assam, Andhra and the Northwest -
788
Alvars: Tamil Vaishnava Poets of South India
The twelve alvars offered poetry of priase to Vishny in all the particular forms he takes in the great South Inidan temples. Their poems were collceted int eh 9th centry and entered the lutugy of the Shri Vaishnava comunity. -
1500
Portuguse in India
In the decade that Columbus sailed West, the Portugusees explorer Vaso da Gama sialed around the horn of Africa to india. This was the begining of Portuguses presence. -
Emigration as Indentured Laborers
During the abolition of saver in the British Empire, Indians emigrated to points throughout the empire as indentures laborers. The process accelerated in the 1870's as India faced population pressures and rising povertry. Indian settlements grew in many places such as Fiji, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, South Africa, and Trinidad. -
Parliament puts India directly under control of the British crown
Parliament ends the rule of the East India Company and places India directly under control of the Brittish crown. Brittian slows reforms that so greatly angered Hindus, but continues to develop India for its own economic benefit. The British rule in India took place from 1757 to 1947 when the Partition of India ended their rule. -
Mahatma Gandhi launches a campaign of noncooperation
Gandhi aunches a two year campaign of noncooperation begining in 1920. He encourges Indians to leave British institutions, return British honors, and practice self-reliance. Gandhi lader became the most reconized leader of the Indian nationalist movement. -
The partition of India
The partition of India accompained the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan. The Brittish leaders thought that the partition was the best way to limit bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims within India. Pakistan woudl contain the mainly Muslim religions and India was mainly Hindu. -
Hindus Begin Constructing Temples in the U.S
Following a change in American immigration policy, South Asian students and porfessionals began coming to the U.S in the late 60s and 70s. As they became settled in American cities and towns, the new immigrants began to build temples. -
World Hindu Economic reform
The first Wolrd Hindu Economic Forum has a mission to promote development through enterprenurship support and by adressing soem of the wolrds larger economic challenges. The conference included regular reigions, national and international events and reseach initatives.
