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Can I read Buddhism in India : Challenging Brahmanism and Caste on EtoBox?
Buddhism in India : Challenging Brahmanism and Caste by Gail Omvedt is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Buddhism in India : Challenging Brahmanism and Caste about?
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 endeavoured to build religious egalitarianism. <p>The book focuses on the question of what is the ′core′ element in Buddhist Dhamma, on what role it has played in the development of Indian civilization, and the changed perspective of B
Who reads Buddhism in India : Challenging Brahmanism and Caste?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Gail Omvedt
- Publisher
- Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788178291284
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Buddhism
- Updated
- 2026-03-24