Groups the spreadevent entries documenting Hinduism's spread beyond the Indian subcontinent, chiefly through trade, migration and royal patronage into Southeast Asia, and in later centuries through worldwide diaspora migration. Belongs here: any event marking Hinduism's geographic or institutional establishment in a new region. Does not belong here: internal doctrinal or reform-movement events with no geographic-spread component; the spread events of any other tradition.
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1. Wikipedia, Hinduism (source)
Wikipedia contributors, WikipediaWikipedia Hinduism, lead section, origin statement
Hinduism is an umbrella term for a range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions (sampradayas) that are unified by adherence to Dharma, a cosmic order maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, as expounded in the Vedas.
Wikipedia Hinduism, lead section, era statement
The word Hindu originated as an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest surviving religion in the world, it is also described since the 19th century by the term Sanātana Dharma.
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