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0 pointsrnoises14d ago0 comments

Eh? Persians gave the name "Hindus" to the people living in that area. But they had their own religion, Zoroastrianism. They didn't bring Hinduism because they didn't have Hinduism.

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bcjdjsndon14d ago· 2 in thread

Indians called it hinduism, but it came from iran.

OutOfHere14d ago

It was then the shared pre-Zorastrian Indo-Aryan Vedic religion.

bcjdjsndon13d ago

They're not sure on the name of it though it was likely they had a theme song that sounded familiar to Hanson's mmmbop

OutOfHere14d ago

Uh. Zoroastrianism was a "reform" of Iran's Indo-Aryan religion that was closer to Vedic Hinduism.

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