Greater Magadha

Studies in the Culture of Early India
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15719-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 939 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronkhorst, Johannes

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

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.