Hindu Nationalism - Evolution of Ideological Terminology

Evolution of Ideological Terminology

The word 'Hindu', throughout history, had been used as an inclusive description which lacked a definition and was used to refer to the native traditions and people of India. It was only in the late eighteenth century that the word 'Hindu' came to be used extensively with religious connotation, while still being used as a synecdoche describing the indigenuous traditions.

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