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From Patna I went on to Benares, the Mecca of Hindooism, where for the space of two weeks I was royally fêted by Maharajah Isuree Pershod, chief of the four great castes of the Hindoos.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
In the reign of Asoca, about the 4th century before Christ, Buddhism was introduced, and after remaining for some time, under Tartar princes, the religion of the country, was again succeeded by Hindooism.
From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
Buddhism disappeared gradually from India, and Hindooism took its place.
From The Critic in the Orient by George Hamlin Fitch
They constitute the well known Trimurti or Triad of divine forms which characterizes Hindooism.
During these years, the religion seems at first to have been the worship of snakes, and afterwards Hindooism.
From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
