How the Brahmins won : from Alexander to the Guptas

• Tác giả: Johannes Bronkhorst
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9789004315198 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 954 *South Asia India
• Mô tả vật lý: xviii, 572 pages : , illustrations ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 281335
• Chủ đề: 1. Brahmanism--History--To 1500; 2. Brahmans--History--To 1500; 3. Social change--History--To 1500--India; 4. Social change--History--To 1500--South Asia; 5. Social change--History--To 1500--Southeast Asia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-564) and index.

Tóm tắt

"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.