Hinduism goes back probably around 6,000 years to about 4,000 BCE. The Harappan culture or the Indus River Valley civilization is where we think that the roots are going to be formed. Although we haven't interpreted their writing, we know through archeology that many of the customs and practices that they did way back then in the day, we're still doing today in India and amongst Hindus. We also know that around 1500 BCE, don't quote me exactly, that people from the north known as Aryans came through the passes in the mountains. They came from the steps which are north of the Caucus Mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and they brought their own ways of knowing and knowledge and religious practices that kind of fused with the indigenous people that formed the roots of Hinduism. We'll also say that it's the least dogmatic religion. There's not one way of being in Hindu.