Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India /

Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India /

Buddhism originated as an antinomial system, facing the opposition of both vaidika and theistic Brahmans, who socially identified themselves with the agrarian world. The two models of society generated in early historical India never merged, and Buddhism was gradually and often violently reduced to...

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Main Author: Verardi, Giovanni (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024.

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Buddhism > India > History.

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Call Number: BQ286

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Maps and Figures /
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  • Acknowledgments /
  • Giovanni Verardi and Federica Barba
  • Introduction /
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  • Historical Paradigms /
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  • The Open Society /
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  • The Gupta Sphinx /
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  • A Period Which is Not Pleasant to Contemplate /
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  • Battlefields and Yajña-s /
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  • The Days of Reckoning /
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  • The Brahmanical Temple of Bodhgayā /
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  • Sarnath: A Reassessment of the Archaeological Evidence with Particular Reference to the Final Phase of the Site /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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