Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism Hindu practices grew from the mingled beliefs, written down as hymns, of many groups in India. Some of these hymns may date back to 1500 B.C. Most of the Priests gathered the hymns into four collections called Vedas. Historians cherish them for a different reason.
His mission brought the Chinese into contact with the outposts of Hellenistic culture established by Alexander the Great, opened the way for exchanges of envoys between these Central Asian states and the Han, and led to the introduction into China of a superior breed of horses and new plants, such as grapes and alfalfa ...
