Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
This book is an historical survey of Buddhism in India and shows how over a period of 2500 years, Buddhism has been engaged in a struggle against caste-hierarchy. It has challenged Brahmanism, the main exploitative system of traditional Indian society, and instead endeavored to build religious egalitarianism.
- Author
- Gail Omvedt
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 316
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780761996644
- Genres
- history, buddhism, religion
- Release date
- 2003
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