i am a hindu living in louisiana.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Hindu () refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism. It has historically been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people indigenous to South Asia. The historical meaning of the term \"Hindu\" has evolved with time. Starting with the Persian and Greek references to the land of the Indus in the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, the term Hindu implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) river. By the 16th century, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims. The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the local South Asian population, in a religious or cultural sense, is unclear. Competing theories state that Hindu identity developed in the British colonial era, or that it developed post-8th century CE after the Islamic invasion and medieval Hindu-Muslim wars. A sense of Hindu identity and the term \"Hindu\" appears in some texts dated between the 13th and 18th century in Sanskrit and regional languages. The 14th- and 18th-century Indian poets such as Vidyapati, Kabir and Eknath used the phrase \"Hindu dharma\" (Hinduism) and contrasted it with \"Turaka dharma\" (Islam).\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hi, are you aware of a culture that adheres to aspects of Hinduism?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hm, like the people living in India?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Precisely, hinduism been long used as a cultural, and religious identifier for people from South Asia."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I recently visited the area. Religion is a very prominent part of their culture."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree, due to the historical development of Hindu self-identity, religion is a very important part of their culture."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know how old Hinduism is? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": " In the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, it is evident that Hinduism began around that time. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow that's amazing. I heard there was a series of old texts called the Vedas/."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You're right, Vedas are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the Indian subcontinent."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know any other prominent religions that are closely similar to Hinduism? "}]