The Religions of the Indian sub-continent - Revision history

Pdewan: /* Pars religion */

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‎Pars religion

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‎The panchpiriyas

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‎Christianity

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‎Jews

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‎Mazdaism on Indian soil

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‎Islam

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‎Sects founded on social revolt

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‎survivals of Buddhism in Bengal

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‎Sikhism

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 to the suppression of the worship of fire.
-===Pars religion ===
+===Parsi religion ===
 At this stage many of the survivors were forced to emigrate
 to India. Ormuz formed an intermediate stage in their wander

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 The most remarkable instance of the fusion of Islam and
 Animism is found among the Pachpiriyas of Bengal and the
-United Provinces. They take their name from the worship of
+United Provinces [and Jammu and the Punjab]. They take their name from the worship of
 the Panch Pfr, or Five Saints. Some have traced the cult to
 the five Pdnda va heroes of the Mahabharata; but the five

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 the native population.
-===Christianity===
+==Christianity==
 The history of Christianity in India begins with the establish- Christian-
 ment of the Syrian Church in Malabar, which claims, on authority

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 the so-called Towers of Silence.
-===Jews ===
+==Jews ==
 From the statistics it appears that the number of Indian Jews.
 Jews has increased within the last twenty years from 12,000 to
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 Jewish colonies recognize a white and a black section, the
 latter being those who rune more completely coalesced with
 the native population.
 ===Christianity===
 The history of Christianity in India begins with the establish- Christian-

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-===Mazdaism on Indian soil===
+==Mazdaism on Indian soil==
 The second of the foreign religions is Mazdaism, the ParsI Mazdaum.
 faith, which takes its name from Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd), the
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 sion, it gained a temporary revival under the Sassanid dynasty,
 and finally was overthrown by Islam, which directed its energies
 to the suppression of the worship of fire.
 ===Pars religion ===
 At this stage many of the survivors were forced to emigrate

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 old village gods that he resorts when trouble befalls him.
-=Islam =
+==Islam ==
 Passing on to the other religions, we need not attempt to Islam,
 trace their progress except so far as it was influenced by their

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 is divided into three spheres the first, the abode of the
-===Sects founded on social revolt===
+==Sects founded on social revolt==
 In many cases these dissenting sects have taken the form
 ^ social  rather than religious revolts. They were efforts on
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 his disciples who founded separate schools Namdeo the
 cotton-printer, Sena the barber, Kablr the weaver, Nabhaji
 the Dom.
 ===The satnamis===
 One of the most important of these movements was that of

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 rule in the new territory than the wearers of the yellow
 robe. 1
-==survivals of Buddhism in Bengal==
+==Survival of Buddhism in Bengal==
-Some attention has been recently given to a supposed sur- Survivals o
+Some attention has been recently given to a supposed sur- Survival of Buddhism among the Saraks of Bengal. Their name ? u
-vival of Buddhism among the Saraks of Bengal. Their name ? u
 is said to be derived from the Sanskrit Sravaka, 'a hearer, 1 a
 term used by the Jains to define a layman, by the Buddhists for
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 have clearly some affinity to Buddhism or Jainism. How far
 they may have been transmitted through a Vaisbnava medium
 is not clear.
 ==Jainism==
 Jainism is the second of the 'heretical' movements which

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 were exposed in the famous Maharaja suit at Bombay in 1862.
-===Sikhism===
+==Sikhism==
 Sikhism is one of those movements which started as a
 religious reform and ended in becoming a political organization.