Hinduism Author:K. M. Sen This book is a guide to the nature and function of Hinduism — Hinduism is unique among the great religions in that it had no founder but grew gradually over a period of five thousand years, absorbing and assimilating all the religions and cultural movements of India. — Consequently it has no Bible or Koran or Dhammapadam to which... more » controversies can be referred for resolution. Many works such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad-Gita are authoritative but none is exclusively so. As in Christianity there are several Hindu school of thought and Hinduism clearly outlines their common beliefs and particular differences« less