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British archaeologists had examined some relics of the earliest “known” civilization in India. Those relics had opened up the idea of it being connected to the origins of Hinduism. That civilization was known as the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization (around 2800 B.C. to 1800 B.C. Little is known about the civilization.
Beliefs and Values of Hinduism
The ruins were found in the 1920s. There were drawings found on walls, seals, statues, remains of deteriorated temples and graves. This indicated some of the beliefs and values of the Indus.
Some of it was customs that had evidently developed into the Hindu practices performed.
The origin of Hinduism is still very unclear. There are a few claims of where it came from and how it started. One is that the Indo-Aryans invaded into India and conquered over the Indus Valley civilization, combining both customs and beliefs together and forming the basics of Hinduism. Another is claim is that Hindu beliefs are timeless; therefore they can’t really have an origin determined.
It is said that Hinduism is sanatana dharma, the “eternal tradition.” It says that the truth of its origin is way beyond humans’ history, that it was passed down and entered into one of the world’s most ancient scriptures, the Veda. It was written in Sanskrit. This adds to the concept of the Aryans starting Hinduism
Many Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs say that Hinduism is not from the Aryans. They believe that before the Aryans had came, there were indigenous people already in India. That group had then migrated to north-west India, conquering and combining their values and beliefs with the surrounding communities.
Another concept that went along the idea of indigenous people was that the north-western part of India that the Aryans believed they were in was actually what it is today, Pakistan.
The scripts that were found were not able to be deciphered and they had showed religious symbols of many different kinds.
