Religion - Hinduism

Question 1

Who is the founder?

Answer 1

Indo-Aryan people

Question 2

Where was it founded?

Answer 2

Indus Valley

Question 3

Where is it popular now?

Answer 3

Indian Subcontinent

Question 4

What is it’s symbol?

Answer 4

Om and the swastika

Question 5

What is the main purpose?

Answer 5

You cycled through lives gaining karma, the more karma you gain in your life the better your next life. The overall goal is to escape the cycle of life and become one with Brahman.

Question 6

Is there an afterlife?

Answer 6

rebirth with good karma until you reach and achieve moksha, which is bliss, liberation, and you become one with brahman. Good deeds = better life, bad deeds = worse life

Question 7

Social rules?

Answer 7

There were social barriers between people. The hierarchy went, Priests and warriors became the two highest social strata (varna in Sanskrit), the Brahmin and the Kshatriya. Merchants formed the third strata (Vaishya) and peasants, laborers, and conquered peoples the fourth and largest strata (Shudra).

Question 8

Education rules?

Answer 8

Everyone was able to get educated but only men could read the most sacred texts.