| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 572 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section two, South Asia,
0169-9377 ;
volume 30
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Handbook of oriental studies. Section two, South Asia ; v. 30.
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| Summary |
"This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE, transformed itself and spread all over South and Southeast Asia. Brahmanism spread over this vast area without the support of an empire, without the help of conquering armies, and without the intermediary of religious missionaries. This phenomenon has no parallel in world history, yet shaped a major portion of the surface of the earth for a number of centuries. This book focuses on the formative period of this phenomenon, roughly between Alexander and the Guptas"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Catastrophe -- Brahmanism -- External influence -- Conclusions: How did the Brahmins win? -- Appendices. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brahmans -- History -- To 1500.
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Brahmans. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Brahmanism -- History -- To 1500.
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India -- Religious life and customs.
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Brahmanism. |
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India -- History -- 324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
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India. |
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Social change -- India -- History -- To 1500.
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Social change. |
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Social change -- South Asia -- History -- To 1500.
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South Asia. |
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Social change -- Southeast Asia -- History -- To 1500.
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Southeast Asia. |
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South Asia -- History.
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Southeast Asia -- History.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
How the Brahmans won |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946- How the Brahmins won. Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004315198 (DLC) 2016005754 |
| ISBN |
9789004315518 (electronic book) |
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9004315519 (electronic book) |
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9789004315198 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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