Fill in the blanks 1. The development of Hinduism began in the .
2. Hinduism's roots are found in the, a collection of early
Indian texts composed in .

3. Priests and religious scholars called
were responsible for preserving and interpreting the Vedas.

During the seventeenth century a. the english monarchy was temporarily replaced by a new government called the commonwealth. b. the english enjoyed an unprecedented period of economic and political security. c. the english government was seized by the puritans, who instituted a strict oligarchy. d. the english united with spain and holland to battle france for supremacy in the new world.