Yet even Hindooism, so powerful, so rich, so ancient, is giving way at every point.

We have already seen how Carey at the end of the eighteenth century found Hindooism at its worst.

During these years, the religion seems at first to have been the worship of snakes, and afterwards Hindooism.

They are said to have been savages, and not of Tibetan origin, and are now converted to Hindooism.

Half the soldiers in a regiment lately stationed at Benares were converted to Hindooism before they left that holy place.

He had laid the foundations in the darkness of the pit of Hindooism, while the Northamptonshire pastors, by prayer and self-sacrifice, held the ropes.

A native scholar, speaking of his own religion, has said of it, "Hindooism is sick unto death: I am persuaded it must fall."