How religion developed in India and China



Introduction

Religion existed before humans even learned how to write, this was before 3100-3500 BC. Because of the limited knowledge, that people had in the early times or the dark ages in which they were not able to explain many things, therefore, religion started off as a tool to explain things that could not be explained. For example people in ancient times believed that lightning occurred when the Gods were not pleased with the people. The initial structured religions seem to have been based on fertility. They were aimed towards the worship of the great ...