Beliefs, rites, and institutions of Hinduism for the Vedic (c. 1200
B.C.) to modern times: religion of the Vedas and the Upanishads;
epics and the rise of devotional religion; philosophical systems
(Yoga and Vedanta); sectarian theism; monasticism; socioreligious
institutions; popular religion (temples and pilgrimages); modern
Hindu syncretism.