pre-buddhist

But whereas the pantheism of the Smârtas grew out of the feeling that the many gods of tradition must all be one, the pantheism of the Vishnuites was not evolved out of pre-buddhist Brahmanism and is due to the conviction that the one God must be everything.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

The first, who are still numerous, represent the pre-buddhist Brahmans.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

It may be too that the early pre-buddhist styles of painting in China and Central Asia were similar.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

In the eighth century its hierarchy was sufficiently strong to oppose the introduction of Buddhism and it possibly contained a pre-buddhist stratum of Iranian ideas [1017].

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896