Generally speaking, the Hindus are a peaceable people. Whether or not different communities liked each other, they made an effort to get along. The caste system, considered evil in the West, assured that different subcultures, whether they ranked in high or low in the pecking order, survived relatively unmolested within the framework of India's structured society.
The Hindus are perhaps the most peaceful of the major world cultures. Think about it : For at least 2,500 years, the only significant military foray Hindus have made outside India was the South Indian conquest of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines around 1400 C.E. Hindus may fight with each other but thy've had very little interest in conquering anyone else-though many of the world's other cultures have certainly had a crack at conquering India!
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