Hnduism not authered by man[APAURESHAYAM]

Each  religion has a founder and his writings and preachings are authentic to the followers.in some religions even the book is worshiped and enshrined in temple, like Sikhism wherein holy book is worshiped as "granthsahib". almost all religions does have their own         particular text showing the path  to salvation. so there is an authoritative book on which one's religion is based.hence it's very easy for many people from other religions' except Hinduism.The Christians follow Bible,Muslims the Koran Buddhists  follow Dhammapada and the par sees "Avesta"but Hindus  do not have a similar ready answer.This is due to the fact it's not authored by a single man[APAURESHEYAM].some of the Hindus consider Ramayana as sacred text,others 'bagavath geeta"yet others follow Vedanta as sacred text.thus  for a Hindu  a confusion can arise as others have only one sacred text.HENCE we call this as apaureshyam which means not authored  by an individual.Hinduism does'nt talk about only rituals' it also talks about Dharma. to study dharma we have to refer dharma pramana.[that which gives true knowledge of dharma]. there is a verse  which goes thus; [Angami vedas chatvaro, meemsa, nyaya vistaraha, puranam dharma shastram cha, vidya tahe chaturdasha." there are 14 sacred texts, which explains our Hinduism. These are four vedas, six vedangas or auxillaries to Vedas like "SHIKSHA" which is euphony and pronounciation,vyakarana or grammar,chandas or metre,Niruktham or etymolgy, jyotisha or astronomy,kalpa or procedure,meemamsa or interpretation  of vedic texts, nyaya or logic, purana or mythology, dharma sahstras containing code of conduct. these are available in the above sacred texts. hence these are called "vidyasthanas"