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Hinduism has passed through different periods during its history of several thousand years. Its origin is called the Vedic Period. Although it remains difficult to determine the exact age of the Vedas, they are believed to be at least 3500 years old, but may well be much older than that. Sacrifices and the chanting of Vedic hymns to the various gods and goddesses were characteristic for the early Vedic Period. The many different forms of the Divine were seen as closely related to the forces of nature. Thus, Indra was the Vedic god of thunder and Agni the god of fire.