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Hinduism claims no identifiable human founder, nor a specific origin in history.
It is so old that its past recedes into pre-history. Furthermore, the tradition itself claims to be eternal.
Hinduism is extremely diverse, and only recently conceived of as a single, distinct religion. Hindus did not feel compelled to unify their many traditions, or define the common ground that distinguished them from "other faiths" — not, at least, until these "others" threatened to impose their own doctrines.
Hindu people were little concerned with recording "mere facts"; they were interested in the meaning behind events, not a resume of the past. First-hand records are therefore relatively rare.
Within the accounts that are available, there is no clear divide between history and myth; written narratives span many eras of time and planes of existence. They are not limited to descriptions or eulogies of a single country, race or religion.
Nonetheless, researchers have drawn up a timeline......

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