the rise of Jainism and Buddhism; the beginning of a succession of powerful dynasties and empires for more than three millennia throughout various geographic areas of the Indian subcontinent ...

This shift in Hinduism ensured Vedic ideas survived despite the rise of monastic orders like Buddhism and Jainism. Stories of loss and recovery of the Veda is thus a metaphor for survival of an ...

As an ancient and diverse faith, Hinduism’s philosophical foundations, practices, and beliefs provided fertile ground for the rise of new ... including Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, while ...