| Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India Contributor(s): Bronkhorst, Johannes (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004157190 ISBN-13: 9789004157194 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Through a detailed analysis of the available cultural and chronological data, this book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India and proposes a different picture instead. The idea of a unilinear development out of Brahmanism, in particular, is challenged. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 934.04 |
| LCCN: 2006051901 |
| Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2; South Asia |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.66" W x 9.63" (2.07 lbs) 436 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Greater Magadha, roughly the eastern part of the Gangetic plain of northern India, has so far been looked upon as deeply indebted to Brahmanical culture. Religions such as Buddhism and Jainism are thought of as derived, in one way or another, from Vedic religion. This belief is defective in various respects. This book argues for the importance and independence of Greater Magadha as a cultural area until a date close to the beginning of the Common Era. In order to correct the incorrect notions, two types of questions are dealt with: questions pertaining to cultural and religious dependencies, and questions relating to chronology. As a result a modified picture arises that also has a bearing on the further development of Indian culture. |