ra, hymns to the gods, and the ritual in how to worship the gods. Another important fact about the Vedas, is that they are the most sacred texts in Hinduism. They talk about the teachings of god, how to live a happy and prosperous life, and how to respect the world, every living creature and most importantly god. The period which the Aryans ruled was called the Vedic Age. Over the course of the next thousand years, Hinduism experienced many changes and has many periods of ups and downs. In the fourth century B.C.E., Siddhartha Gautama and the teachings of Buddhism evolved in India. During that time, almost all of India was Buddhist and worshipped the teaching of the great Buddha. Buddhism then slowly left India and traveled throughout most of Asia. "Then in the sixteenth century A.D., India was invaded multiple times by a group of people called the Mughals" (Penney 8). The Mughals were Muslims and during their reign, Hinduism was taken over by Islam. Many of the Hindu temples and holy places were destroyed by the Mughals because the Indians did not want to be converted into Muslims. As the world changed rapidly over the years, Hinduism slowly returned, became a world religion and traveled to many different parts of the world. From its origins in 3000 B.C.E. to its current state today, many different factors have manifested and transformed Hinduism to becoming a major world religious faith that millions of people believe.
             One of the biggest misconceptions that non Hindus perceive about Hinduism is that there are thousands of different gods and none of them relate to each other. In other words, many people believe that the religion of Hinduism is polytheistic and is alike to mythologies such as the Greek gods, Japanese gods, and pagan gods. The truth is Hinduism is not polytheistic; it is actually monotheistic like Christianity and Islam. There are approximately three hundred billion different gods in Hinduism...