Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years — Social Studies STD 7 — Question

During this period many changes were witnessed in religion.Peoples belief in the divine was sometimes personal and at other times collective. Other changes occurred in what we call 'Hinduism' today,as Brahmans earned a lot of respect in society. There was an emergence of the idea of Bhakti of a loving, personal deity that devotees could reach without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals.