Terms such as "religion", "Hinduism", and "India" are Western creations that for much of history have not accurately reflected the thinking of those who practice this most ancient of faiths.

In this course you will learn about:

• Hinduism as perhaps the most diverse religion of all
• arranged marriages and the caste system
• a wealth of gods, terms, and practices—karma, Krishna, yoga, guru—that have found a home in Western lives and languages
• the Indus Valley Civilization;
• sacred writings in the Vedas, the Bhagavad-gita, and the Upanishads; ritual purity rites; and the Aryan language of Sanskrit
• Hinduism’s rejection of the notion that there is but one path to the divine.