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Buddhism and modern Hinduism are both post-Vedic religions.

Gautama Buddha is mentioned as an Avatar of Vishnu in the Puranic texts of Hinduism.

Some Hindus believe the Buddha accepted and incorporated many tenets of Hinduism in his doctrine, however, Buddhists disagree and state there was no such thing as Hinduism at the time of Buddha and in fact, " Indeed, it absorbed so many Buddhist traits that it is virtually impossible to distinguish the latter in medieval and later Hinduism.

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