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Paragraphs on Hinduism! Originally the word Hindu did not have a religious connotation, but merely denoted the people in a geographical area—around the river Indus. Later the word assumed a religious connotation, to some extent under Mughal rule but more firmly under British rule. Hinduism derives its basic ideas and tradition from the Vedas, considered as sruti, 'that which is [...]