It had state gods but allowed other religions.
The highest powers were said to be choosen by whichever gods or goddesses they believed in. They had state gods but allowed other religions
bicth it had state gods but allowed other religions
At its core Hinduism is a monotheistic religion. All of the different 'gods' are manifestations of Brahman.
Many religions have a plurality of gods. Hindu is a good example.
There were different types of religions: Gods religion: they believe in thousand of gods Sacrifices: they sacrifice people for the gods because the Incas believe that the gods were angry
they believed in gods and such
All gods are real to their own followers, but may be considered false to followers of other gods. So, the concept of 'false gods' is, to some extent, a theological one. The more intolerant religions may call the gods of other religions 'false', while those religions that practise tolerance merely say, "we do not believe in that God (or those gods)."
No, but then all the major religions make the same claim for their god(s). The difference in other religions is that the Greeks had many gods, most modern religions have only one.
Branches of Buddhism and Hinduism are non-monotheistic religions . Non-monotheistic religions are mostly older religions, for instance, Egyptian, the Romans and Greek Gods; Hinduism would be one of these. There were European religions that were pantheistic, the Norse Gods, the Gods of the ancient British Isles, etc. Buddhism is NOT a religion, it is agnostic about God (they neither affirm nor deny a God or gods.
Unless you are using Gods from actual religions, NO. If you are using Gods from actual religions there all sorts of rules to follow to prevent insulting the followers of that religion.
If you are talking about religion, they were allowed to practice whatever they chose. Religious intolerance was the unique practice of the Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. By and large the other religions recognised the equivalence of the gods (Zeus=Jupiter=Ahura Mazda=Apsu etc) and gave them due respect. So the Persian Ahura Mazda and the Zoroastrian State religion was not imposed on anyone - the local people kept their gods.