Hinduism in Tanzania

The "Om" symbol in Devanagari
Shakti Temple in Stone Town

The earliest evidence of Hinduism in Tanzania is from the 1st millennium AD when there was trade between East Africa and Indian subcontinent.[1] Most of these traders came from Gujarat, Deccan (now Maharashtra) and the Chola empire. Archaeological evidence of small Hindu settlements have been found in Zanzibar and parts of Swahili coast, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.[1]

Pew Research Center estimates there were about 50,000 Hindus in Tanzania in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ a b Constance Jones and James D. Ryan, Encyclopedia of Hinduism, ISBN 978-0816073368, pp. 10-12
  2. ^ Table: Religious Composition by Country, in Numbers Pew Research Center (2012)

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