In the times of Mahavira and in the following centuries, Jains were at odds with both Buddhists and followers of the Vedic religion or Hindus, whom they accused of negligence and inconsistency in the implementation of ahimsa.

The Saraiki community diffused when Saraiki-speaking Hindus migrated to the neighboring Indian states of Bikaner and Jaisalmer during Partition and were replaced by Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees from India.

It favoured the princely states ( that helped suppress the rebellion ), and tended to favour Muslims ( who were less rebellious ) against the Hindus who dominated the rebellion.

The British goal was efficient administration but Hindus were outraged at the apparent " divide and rule " strategy.

During the Middle Ages, Muslims were in conflict with Zoroastrians during the Islamic conquest of Persia ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Byzantine-Arab Wars, Crusades, Reconquista and Ottoman wars in Europe ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Crusades, Reconquista and Inquisition ; Shamans were in conflict with Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims and Christians during the Mongol invasions ; and Muslims were in conflict with Hindus and Sikhs during Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent.

He saw himself as doing Allah's bidding, yet he was inquisitive enough to explore new ideas about religion, intelligent enough to understand that Hindus were in the majority and grand enough in his pretensions not to need to obey every line of the Qur ' an.

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

The Muslims and Hindus of Kashmir lived in relative harmony, since the Sufi-Islamic way of life that Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the Rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits, and Sufi saints such as Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali were thought of as Muslim Rishis.

The Hindus were found mainly in Jammu, where they constituted a little less than 70 % of the population.

Of these 2, 154, 695 were Muslims ( 74. 16 %), 689, 073 Hindus ( 23. 72 %), 25, 828 Sikhs, and 35, 047 Buddhists.

The Hindus were found mainly in Jammu, where they constituted a little less than 60 % of the population.

Among the Hindus of Jammu province, who numbered 626, 177 ( or 90. 87 % of the Hindu population of the princely state ), the most important castes recorded in the census were " Brahmans ( 186, 000 ), the Rajputs ( 167, 000 ), the Khattris ( 48, 000 ) and the Thakkars ( 93, 000 ).

Of these, 2, 398, 320 ( 75. 94 %) were Muslims, 696, 830 ( 22. 06 %) Hindus, 31, 658 ( 1 %) Sikhs, and 36, 512 ( 1. 16 %) Buddhists.

Before independence, most Hindus did not have the right to cast votes and were not eligible to contest elections although were the majority ethnic group of the population.

In border areas some 10 — 12 million people moved from one side to another and upwards of a half million were killed in communal riots pitting Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

This status was originally only made available to non-Muslims who were " People of the Book " ( Christians, Jews, and Sabians ), but was later extended to include Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Hindus, Mandeans ( Sabians ), and Buddhists.

The Guru Granth Sahib also says that Bhagat Namdev and Bhagat Kabir, who were both believed to be Hindus, both attained salvation though they were born before Sikhism took root and were clearly not Sikhs. This highlights and reinforces the Guru's saying that " peoples of other faiths " can join with God as true and also at the same time signify that Sikhism is not the exclusive path for liberation.

there is also a sizable community of Marathi Hindus and Malayali Muslims in Karachi ( the Mappila ), originally from Kerala in South India.

Cabral was originally successful in negotiating trading rights, but Arab merchants saw Portugal's venture as a threat to their monopoly and stirred up an attack by both Muslims and Hindus on the Portuguese entrepôt.

On the other hand, the emperor's Muslim subjects emulated him in honouring the Hindu holy men, while many in court, including Zafar himself, followed the old Mughal custom, originally borrowed from high class Hindus, of only drinking the water from the Ganges.

While Sindhis were originally Hindus or Buddhists.

The Shantadurga temple was originally in the village of Cuncolim, located in the consuelho of Salsette a few kilometers away, but was relocated across the then ' international boundary ' into the Kingdom of Soonda when the Goa government expelled the Hindus and ordered their shrines demolished.

By legend, Kabir originally hesitated to ask Ramanand to adopt him as his disciple due to the rigid caste system of the Hindus.

Scholars argue that the Patuas, originally Hindus, were cast out of the Hindu society for not following canonical proceedings in pursuing their trade.

The Kodavas of Kodagu are Hindus ; they are polytheists who believe in reincarnation, revere the cow and originally worshipped the natural elements and their ancestors.

Khecheopalri Lake, originally known as Kha-Chot-Palri ( meaning the heaven of Padmasambhava ), is a sacred Lake for both Buddhists and Hindus, which is believed to be a wish fulfilling lake.

Max Mueller contributed an appendix to Thomson's Laws of Thought ( 1853 ), in which he placed Greek and Indian logic on the same plane: " The sciences of Logic and Grammar were, as far as history allows us to judge, invented or originally conceived by two nations only, by Hindus and Greeks.

The few Hindus who are not vegetarians don't mind gelatin from all the sources but cow, which is considered sacred.

" Hindus are encouraged to undertake pilgrimages during their lifetime, though this practice is not considered absolutely mandatory.

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival dependent on the position of the sun and celebration of Sankranti who is considered a Deity for Hindus and is celebrated in many ways including worship for the departed ancestors and to worship Saraswati.

Beef is considered a taboo food in some cultures, especially in Indian culture, and hence is eschewed by Hindus and Jains ; however, Hinduism's scriptures indicate a recorded history of beef consumption, with the taboo arising at a later period due to the ascendancy of the cow in terms of importance to the farming communities of the time.

Moreover, Ayodhya is one of seven most holy places for Hindus in India where Varanasi is considered as Holiest of holy cities.

Many of the Muslim clergy of India considered Hindus as people of the book, and from Muhhammad-bin-Kasim to Aurangzib, Muslim rulers were willing to consider Hindus as people of the book.

Cattle are eaten almost everywhere except in major parts of India and Nepal, where bovids are considered sacred by Hindus.

He considered " Hindus " as those who consider India ( Bharat, भ ा रत ) to be their motherland ( matrubhumi ), fatherland ( pitrubhumi, प ि त ृ भ ू म ि) as well as their holy land ( punyabhumi, प ु ण ् यभ ू म ि), hence describing it purely in cultural terms.

They have called for the protection of native Hindu traditions, holy structures, rivers and the cow ( which is considered holy by Hindus ).

There are some Hindus who consider the various deities not as forms of the one Brahman, but as independently existing entities, and may thus be properly considered polytheists.

Dattatreya () is considered by Hindus to be god who is an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.

But all this even, and the algorism, as well as the art of Pythagoras, I considered as almost a mistake in respect to the method of the Hindus.

This date is also considered by many Hindus to be the day that Krishna left Earth to return to his abode.

However, a growing number of Jewish theologians question whether Hindus and Buddhists today should be considered idolaters in the Biblical sense of the term.

An even more authoritative statement about forgiveness is espoused by Krishna, who is considered to be an incarnation ( Avatar ) of Vishnu by Hindus.

Adi Shankaracharya was born in Kalady town of the district, which is considered as a major pilgrimage centre for Hindus around the world.

In the 1920s, Saint Thomas Christian leaders such as George Joseph were advised by Mahatma Gandhi to detach from Vaikom Satyagraha, an agitation for the temple entry rights of avarna Hindus, as he considered the issue to be one of concern to Hindus alone.

Although most Tamilians are Hindus, most practice what is considered to be folk Hinduism, venerating a plethora of village deities.

After experiencing at age 16 what he later described as liberation ( moksha ), he left home for Arunachala, a mountain considered sacred by Hindus.

In the southern Indian city of Mangalore, a spicy dish called rakti, made of heavily spiced porcine offal and cartilaginous tissue, is considered a homely indulgence by the local Christian community ( observant Muslims avoid pork products, and observant Hindus usually follow a vegetarian diet ).

For example, Hinduism in the Caribbean has been considered an ethnic religion by some scholars, because Hindus in Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname consider themselves a distinct ethnic group.

Kumbh Mela ( or ; Devanagari: क ु म ् भ म े ल ा) is a mass Hindu pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Ganges and river Godavari, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious.