| One of the most important questions of Indian | | | | linguistic and cultural studies were done on Indian |
| history has never been asked! So it has never | | | | history about two centuries ago, western |
| been answered as well! | | | | historians have pointed out that India is primarily |
| Indian religion is made up of the trinity of Brahma, | | | | made of two ethnic groups - Indo-Europeans, |
| Vishnu, and Siva. Brahma is the creator of this | | | | termed as Aryans, who belong to the Vedic |
| universe, Vishnu is the preserver and maintainer, | | | | religion and Vaishnavite school of thought; and |
| and Siva is the destroyer. Since Brahma's job was | | | | Dravidians, who belong to the Saivite school of |
| done as soon as he created this universe, he no | | | | thought. After some further study, they |
| longer has any importance in the scheme of | | | | propounded that Dravidians and Saivism are |
| things - he is, therefore, not worshipped; worship | | | | native to India; while Indo-Europeans, Vedic |
| is offered only to either Vishnu or Siva. So, | | | | religion, and Vaishnavism came from outside India, |
| Hinduism is made up of primarily two sects - | | | | when these Aryans invaded or migrated into India |
| Vaishnavites who worship Vishnu, and Saivites | | | | around 1800 BC. Even though there is much |
| who worship Siva. Vishnu, in his role as preserver, | | | | controversy over this theory, this has become |
| keeps descending to earth every now and then | | | | the mainstream argument of the Indo-European |
| to restore and preserve righteousness. Four | | | | history; and it has generally been agreed by one |
| supposedly historical figures got associated with | | | | and all that Saivism, supposedly the religion of the |
| him as his incarnations on earth - Parasuram, | | | | native Dravidians, is much older than Vaishnavism, |
| Ram, Krishna, and Buddha. Vishnu is primarily | | | | and is dated to at least five thousand years ago, |
| worshipped in the form of Ram or Krishna. After | | | | if not more. |