A much later phenomenon in Hindu history, though ironically claimed to be of antiquity.
Was Gautam Buddha an Avatāra of Viṣṇu or a different person from a similar Avatāra of Viṣṇu?
Rāma is a heroic figure in across the Indian traditions. In Vaiṣṇavism & Sikhism , he is Viṣṇu-incarnate in the form of a princely king; in Buddhism, he is a Bodhisattva-incarnate; in Jainism, he is the perfect human being; In Rāma-centric traditions he is Para-Brahman himself; In Śaivism he is Parama-Śaiva. The influence of Rāmāyaṇa goes far beyond the Indian Subcontinent, with almost every South East Asian country having atleast one own version of Rāmāyaṇa( Vessantarajataka, Reamker, Ramakien, Phra Lak Phra Lam, Hikayat Seri Rama etc). There also exists the Khamti Rāmāyaṇa among the Khamti tribe of Asom wherein Rāma is an Avatar of a Bodhisattva who incarnates to punish the demon king Rāvaṇa . The Tai Rāmāyaṇa is another book retelling the divine story in Asom.
In the 1000 years of Islamic Period There were about a 100 different Islamic Dynasties that reigned over (parts of) India.
Bhakti movement is the most influential turning point in Indian History, whose impact still affects the Indian Civilization to this day.
Avatāravāda, i.e. the doctorine of incarnation.
No other religious group uses it as extensively as the as the Vaiṣṇavas. In Vaiṣṇavism almost everyone is an incarnation of either Viṣṇu or some other god, sent by Viṣṇu. And other than that it has a long history of appropriating rivalling religious figures as incarnations into its canon.
Rāma is a heroic figure in across the Indian traditions. In Vaiṣṇavism & Sikhism , he is Viṣṇu-incarnate in the form of a princely king; in Buddhism, he is a Bodhisattva-incarnate; in Jainism, he is the perfect human being; In Rāma-centric traditions he is Para-Brahman himself; In Śaivism he is Parama-Śaiva. The influence of Rāmāyaṇa goes far beyond the Indian Subcontinent, with almost every South East Asian country having atleast one own version of Rāmāyaṇa( Vessantarajataka, Reamker, Ramakien, Phra Lak Phra Lam, Hikayat Seri Rama etc). There also exists the Khamti Rāmāyaṇa among the Khamti tribe of Asom wherein Rāma is an Avatar of a Bodhisattva who incarnates to punish the demon king Rāvaṇa . The Tai Rāmāyaṇa is another book retelling the divine story in Asom.
Was the Kurukshetra War narrated as it is shown in the TV serials or calender Art? Read to find out. Did Sanjaya do some sort of live telecast in the Mahabharata?
Many people ignorantly say that BhagvadGītā is the Holy Scripture of Hinduism, and some even compare it to Bible & Quran. But that is the most erroneous proposition ever. Neither BhagvadGītā is the holy scripture of Hinduism, nor does it represent the exclusive view of Hindu. A hindu is free to reject and discard Bhagvad Gītā outright if he wants.
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A List of different Gītās
Bhagvad Gītā is just one of the many Gītās that are there in the Hindu/Indian literature. There are around 60 more Gītās other than the BhagvadGītā, 14 of them being from the Mahābhārata alone, the text which the BhagvadGītā is a part of.