jan 1, 320 BC - Maurya Empire
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Gupta Empire
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Hinduism became one of the three major religions of the Maurya Empire. The Gupta and Maurya Empires both helped Hinduism spread.
khanacademy.org says, "During the Gupta empire—from about 320 to 550 CE—emperors used Hinduism as a unifying religion and helped popularize it by promoting educational systems that included Hindu teachings; they also gave land to brahmins. The Gupta emperors helped make Hinduism the most popular religion on the Indian subcontinent."
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