A01=Johannes Bronkhorst
Author_Johannes Bronkhorst
Brahmanical culture
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Gangetic plain
incorrect notions
independence
Indian culture
religious dependencies
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- ISBN 9789360808242
- Dimensions: 170 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2025
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Johannes Bronkhorst Ph.D. (1979) University of Poona, doctorate (1980) University of Leiden, is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). He has published extensively on Indian thought in its various manifestations.
