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Catholicism was not the dominant religion it was Buddhism.
India and Asian countries other than that
The two nations in Asia that have Hinduism as the major religion are Nepal and India. Both are located in basically the same area of the world.
Buddhism (75%)
There is no one main religion, its different throughout the various countries, and even then, its different through the various regions of that country. Religion in Asia ranges from Buddhism, Shintoism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, plus countless of other religions.
East Asian religions = Buddhism and Taoism South Asian religions = Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam
in the area around India apexx
Nepal and India. India is 80.5% Hindu and Nepal has a similarly large percentage. Sri Lanka is 60.5% Buddhist and only 21.5% Hindu. Bhutan is about 25% Hindu and Indonesia is about 3% Hindu. Hinduism is a major religion in all five countries, with well over a million adherents in each, but it is the majority religion in only India and Nepal.
Buddhism
Buddhism is the predominant religion in the majority of southeast Asian countries and Islam is also widespread but only two countries have Catholicism as their main religion, the Philippines and East Timor.
in India of approximately 828 million people
Buddhism is the predominant religion in the majority of southeast Asian countries and Islam is also widespread but only two countries have Catholicism as their main religion, the Philippines and East Timor.