Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
compound letter 'ndu' of the word `Bindu.'" (Bindu Sarovara is called the
Cape Comorin Sea in modern times.)
It may be a Persian corruption of the word Sindhu (the river Indus)
In all these cases, it referred to a geographical region and not to a
religion. This is simply because there never had been a single unified
religion in India. In spite of all the claims of Sanadhana Dharma and
eternal religion, there never existed such a religion. Look what major
Hindu scholars state. These are collected from well-known Hindu
Religious sites.
“Hinduism differs from other organized religions in the following
aspects:
• It is not based upon a particular founder.
• It is not based upon a particular book.
• It is not controlled by a central institution or authority such as a
church or a sangha or association.
• It is not averse to examine and assimilate fundamentally diverse
thoughts and beliefs into its system.
• It accepts other religions as various paths to salvation and does
not favor organized attempts to proselytize people.
• It has been evolving continuously, through internal reforms and
as a reaction to the threats and challenges from within and
without.”
http://dharma.hindujagran.com/dharma.htm
Since it has no authority in any form of person, documentation, or
institution it simply means that anything can form part of this religion. In
fact, this has been what was going on in history. Yet persons have been
brought in as authority and Vedas and other forms of documentations are
always quoted as proof. Like any other religion each group of
interpretation form their own niche of institutions and as time goes on,
they are being multiplied. They quote documents such as Vedas and
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