The figure of Siva as the great Yogin, Pasupati, Mahadeva, appear to have been known to the people of Mohenjo daro as shown by the very important seal in the figure of the divinity who can only be identified with the Siva of the later times. Siva was referred into in the Rig Veda and may not be an intruder into the Hindu pantheon.

Saivism popularity's with foreign kings, Kushanas and the Huna king Mihirakula continued (320 to 750 a.d.). Tirumular's "Tirumandiram" is supposed to be a masterpiece on the Saiva doctrine.

The beginnings of Kashmir Saivism (regard the individual soul and the world as identical with Siva) are to be traced to the Sivasutras whose authorship is traced to Siva himself. The sutras are said to have been revealed by a sage Vasugupta who lived towards the end of the 8^th century a.d. The Ultimate Reality is Siva himself.

1000 to 1300 a.d. Saivism continued to flourish in Kashmir. The deity of the Royal house of Nepal is Pasupati. In Bengal and Assam Siva was revered too. The Cholas were great patrons of Saivism. The Kailasa Temple at Ellora was built by the Rashtrakutas and completed between 758 and 773 a.d.

Om Shivaya Namah is a powerful mantra. Lord Shiva has the power to invoke wisdom in an individual. By chanting the mantra, one is invested with various powers of action, will and vidya shakti or strength of understanding and learning. Chanting should be done while concentrating in between the eyebrows. The third eye, which is that of intuition, opens.