AHC/WI - Greater India

Lets say Hemu won the 2nd Battle of Panipat, and his descendants establish India from Kabul to Colombo, with nearly 90% Hindus followed by other religion,How will this effect the world, if India looked like this
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Isaac Beach

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Perhaps you should ask a more reasonable question. Like maybe "AHC: Explain this map" and lose the bits about the religious demographics. Otherwise it tends to come across as wish fulfillment if we do try and justify it.
Sorry.
 
Well, 90% Hindu? Not possible... Assuming there is no colonisation, "Hinduism" as we know it in OTL would probably diverges to several faiths in this ATL. Just like Judaism/Christianity/Islam.
 
Well, 90% Hindu? Not possible... Assuming there is no colonisation, "Hinduism" as we know it in OTL would probably diverges to several faiths in this ATL. Just like Judaism/Christianity/Islam.
Odd theory, in any case Hinduism would mean the group of religions then.
 
What makes you say that?

Both the words of "India" & "Hindu" are of foreign origins and used interchangeably to denote people/geographical area. Eventually, "India" is used for nationality and geographical purpose while "Hindu" used for religion.

In an ATL in which India never colonised, these foreign terms probably never gained currency. Sure, the Muslims used the word Hindu/Hindustan, but at the POD used by OP the term still mainly refers to geographical area. Hinduism is sort of decentralised religion, so if Hindus remain in charge & 90% of the population of ATL India are Hindus, they would probably not think of lumping themselves into a monolithic group.

However, I am thinking in terms of OTL decentralised India when I made the post. A regime capable of turning the population of area in the OP's map into 90% of Hindus with a POD in 16th century, is surely a monstrous regime with heavily centralised power to begin with, and under this kind of regime, perhaps the different types/local varieties of Hinduism would be made into a highly centralised single religion, with perhaps even lesser diversity than OTL. "Hinduism" would not be the name though.
 
Dear Isrihari1492000, You have been posting very similar threads based on India. Why don't you post threads related to particular empires covering the whole of the subcontinent. For example, scenarios in which the Mauryas, the Guptas, the Palas, the Cholas, the Vijayanagar, the Marathas etc. conquering India and lasting longer. In such cases you cannot just write WI so and so empire conquered India and leave the rest for others to fill in. You will have to present a credible TL in which the said dynasty establishing a kingdom that develop into an empire and growing on to cover the subcontinent. The first four empires had covered very large extent of lands, sometimes greater than the present area of India.
 
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