Which is older Sumerian or Hinduism?

Hinduism has the oldest recorded roots in Dravidianism. Dravidianism was estimated to have been practised around 6000 to 3000BCE and as such predates Sumerian, Egyptian and Babylonian cultures.

What religion was Sumerians?

polytheistic religion
The Sumerians originally practiced a polytheistic religion, with anthropomorphic deities representing cosmic and terrestrial forces in their world. The earliest Sumerian literature of the third millennium BC identifies four primary deities: An, Enlil, Ninhursag, and Enki.

Is Sumerian the same as Sanskrit?

No, it isn’t. Both Sanskrit and Sumerian are derived from an older language we call proto-Indo-European. Almost all Indian, Middle Eastern and European languages are descended from it.

Did Harappans worship Indra?

The correct answer is Pashupati.

Who created Hindu religion?

Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.

Who did Sumerians worship?

He was seen as the most powerful god and was equivalent to Zeus in Greek mythology. Some other gods included Enki, the god of wisdom, Inanna, the goddess of love and war, sun and moon gods, and a special protector for each city-state. In all, the Sumerians worshipped over 3,000 gods.

Which is older Sumerian or Tamil?

After Sumerian was replaced as the primary spoken tongue by Akkadian, it continued to be used in religious documents as well as for scholarly purposes until the first century AD. Tamil is a one of the oldest languages and is still spoken by the Tamil people of the southern India state of Tamil and Sri Lanka.

Is Sumerian related to Dravidian?

The Sumerian language has a remote relationship with the Dravidian languages like spoken by Tamils in south India.

Did Harappans worship Shiva?

Though they worshiped lord Shiva, but Shiva has not been considered to be only a God of Hindus. Indus Valley Civilization was the first civilization and hence there was no such thing like religion at that time. they had a common belief and worshiped mother nature….Answers.

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Did Indus valley worship Shiva?

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