1.                 Kitagawa, Joseph M., Religion of the East, pp. 103, 104

2.                 Nehru, Jawaharlal, The Discovery of India, Calcutta, 1947, p.52

3.                 Anderson, Sir Norman, The World Religions, Michigan, 1976, pp. 153, 154.

4.                 Nadwi, Abdul Hasan Ali, Islam and the World, Lucknow, pp. 24, 25.

5.                 Organ, T.W., Hinduism, p.133.

6.                 The incarnation need not be in human form.  It may require thousands of births before a jiva (the individual embodied soul) has the opportunity and privilege of entering the human form.  But such calculations do not seem central to Hinduism.

7.                 Organ, T.W., Hinduism, p. 189.

8.                 Kali Yuga or Kali Age is the time when everything exteriorizes.

9.                 Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol.I, p.113.

10.            What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables p. 307.

11.            Please see map of Holy Places at Appendix.

12.            Although eating of meat is forbidden in Hinduism, the modern Hindus hardly bother about this prohibition.

13.            Gandhi is a person about whom Hindus and Non-Hindus are still arguing.  His image was that of an ascetic in sandals and loincloth eating only fruits, nuts and goat milk.  But the maintenance of that image was not easy.  “It takes a great deal of money to keep Bapu living in poverty !" ”eported Sarojini Naidu, one of his Secretaries.

14.            1. 174

15.            Mahabharata 3.231

16.            Aileen D. Ross, The Hindu Family in Urban Setting, Toronto, 1961.

17.            Organ, T.W., Hinduism, p.319

18.            Margas are methods of obtaining spiritual perfection in Hinduism.  Husband and wife may worship different gods, visit different temples, and identify themselves with the different sects and gurus.

19.            The modern Hindus are no longer Vegetarian and relish meat.  They eat all types of meat except beef.