The Vedic religion is nothing but early Hinduism. To call it a different religion is wrong.
The only way you can call it a different religion is if later Hindus rejected the RigVeda and the Rigvedic Gods.
Not sure about the "highest academic credentials". I want proof about who the author is and what his credentials are.
I'm sure he's a Pakistani sympathizer.
My reference is for all to see. You have to prove that it is Hindutva influenced.
Its a standard translation of Alberuni's work...
Those theories are not mine, so that's a moot point.
What I showed was that there was a gradual shift of post-harapan settlements eastward into the hitherto uninhabited Gangetic plains. Which I still stand by, the sources, highly credible ones at that, are still there.
In any case, I'm not...
HInduism cannot and should not be compared with Abrahmic religions, because unlike Islam, nobody drew a line and declared the new faith to be "Hinduism." and the old one to be "Vedism" (except when Roadrunner came along and did it for us)
Hinduism carried forward the gods of the Rig Veda, and...
Not at all. You are missing my point completely. What "offends" me, or rather what I disagree with, whole idea of trying to isolate the history of Pakistan from the rest of India, which is simply incorrect.
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The Vedic religion is nothing but an early form of Hinduism, which has changed and evolved continually throughout its history.
This whole business inventing a new term ("Vedism") just because Pakistanis don't want to admit that their ancestors were Hindus is complete bullshit.
Pakistan was founded on the basis of "Two Nation Theory", which means that the muslims and hindus of India are separate nations.
Now, by claiming that Pakistan has always existed since ancient times, you giving up the two nation theory and creating a new theory for Pakistan's existence.
RR, if you want to debate seriously, then read my posts and refute the points that have been made in them.
Simply ignoring the portions of posts which you cannot reply to, and refuting a peripheral point rather than the main one, is a rather old internet trick which everybody can see through.
Ujjain is in Madhya Pradesh, not Sindh.
Again, unless you can produce a historical document which disproves the one written by Alberuni, that debate is over.
Stop obfuscating, and take the debate forward. Don't act like an stubborn kid.