Appendix G
Eastern Religion Elements Matrix
| |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism |
|Countries of origin |Hinduism originated from India. Hinduism |Buddhism originated from India, “but the |Confucianism originated from East Asia, a|Daoism also originated from China, |
| |is one of the oldest religions, according|way of Buddhism spread from his native |country known as China. During the |“during the Han Dynasty” (Fisher, 2005). |
| |to scholars, it is now practiced |India throughout East Asia, becoming the | |Daoism coexists with Confucianism in |
| |universally. |dominant religion in many eastern | |Eastern Asia. |
| | |countries” (Fisher, 2005). | | |
|Historical figures and |“8000-6000BCE according to Indian | | | |
|events |tradition, Vedas heard by rishis, carried| | | |
| |orally” (Fisher, 2005). | | | |
| |3000BCE MARK THE BEGINNING OF “KALI YUGA;| | | |
| |VISHNU INCARNATES AS VYASA, WHO WRITES | | | |
| |DOWN THE VEDAS” (FISHER, 2005). | | | |
| |2000-900BCE SUGGESTS | | | |
| |“ARYAN INVASIONS OF NORTHERN INDIA” | | | |
| |(FISHER, 2005). | | | |
| |“1500BCE EARLY VEDAS FIRST WRITTEN DOWN” | | | |
| |(FISHER, 2005). | | | |
| |1000-500BCE, “BRAHMANAS WRITTEN DOWN, THE| | | |
| |UPANISHADS” (FISHER, 2005) ARE RECORDED. | | | |
| |1828CE- BRAHMO SAMAJ REVITALIZATION | | |