·created thousands of years ago · consists of thousands of gods · mahabharata and ramayana are two sacred texts · approximately 1 billion people follow it today all of these describe what major religion?
a. buddhism
b. hinduism
c. islam
d. judaism elimi

The correct answer is B.

Hinduism is both a religion and a way of life practised in the Indian subcontinent and in certain Southeastern Asian regions. It is the third largest religion in the world, whose followers denominated Hindus, are approximately 1.15 billion (more or less the 15-16% of the total population on earth).

Hinduism is a polyteist cult that consists on a thousand deities, such as Deva, Devi, Ishvara, Ishvari, Bhagavān and Bhagavati

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.