Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
Book Details
Author(s)
Gail Omvedt
Publisher
Sage Pubns
ISBN / ASIN
0761996656
ISBN-13
9780761996651
Sales Rank
#3,624,841
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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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.
