How the Brahmins won : from Alexander to the Guptas / by Johannes Bronkhorst.
By: Bronkhorst, Johannes
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BookSeries: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section two, South Asia, volume 30.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]Description: xviii, 572 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004315198 (hardback : acidfree paper).Other title: How the Brahmans won.Subject(s): Brahmans -- History -- To 1500 | Brahmanism -- History -- To 1500 | Social change -- India -- History -- To 1500 | Social change -- South Asia -- History -- To 1500 | Social change -- Southeast Asia -- History -- To 1500 | India -- History -- 324 B.C.-1000 A.D | India -- Religious life and customs | South Asia -- History | Southeast Asia -- HistoryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: How the Brahmins wonDDC classification: 954 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE, transformed itself and spread all over South and Southeast Asia. Brahmanism spread over this vast area without the support of an empire, without the help of conquering armies, and without the intermediary of religious missionaries. This phenomenon has no parallel in world history, yet shaped a major portion of the surface of the earth for a number of centuries. This book focuses on the formative period of this phenomenon, roughly between Alexander and the Guptas"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-564) and index.
Catastrophe -- Brahmanism -- External influence -- Conclusions: How did the Brahmins win? -- Appendices.
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