How the Brahmins won : : from Alexander to the Guptas / / by Johannes Bronkhorst.
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, w...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia
30. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (590 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004315519 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9377 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Johannes Bronkhorst. |