Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste

Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste image
ISBN-10:

0761996656

ISBN-13:

9780761996651

Author(s): Omvedt, Gail
Released: Jun 01, 2003
Publisher: Sage.
Format: Paperback, 332 pages
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Description:

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.

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