<p>The common religion of India based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas the Upanishads the Bhagavad-Gita etc. having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology many popular cults and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.</p>