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100 1 _aBronkhorst, Johannes,
_d1946-2025,
_eauthor.
_957169
245 1 0 _aHow the Brahmins won :
_bfrom Alexander to the Guptas /
_cby Johannes Bronkhorst.
246 3 _aHow the Brahmans won
260 _aNew Delhi
_bManohar
_c2025
300 _axviii, 572 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aHandbook of Oriental studies. Section two, South Asia,
_x0169-9377 ;
_vvolume 30
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 490-564) and index.
505 0 _aCatastrophe -- Brahmanism -- External influence -- Conclusions: How did the Brahmins win? -- Appendices.
520 2 _a"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.
650 0 _aBrahmans
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
_957170
650 0 _aBrahmanism
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
_957171
650 0 _aSocial change
_zIndia
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
_957172
650 0 _aSocial change
_zSouth Asia
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
_957173
650 0 _aSocial change
_zSoutheast Asia
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
_957174
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
_957175
651 0 _aIndia
_xReligious life and customs.
_957176
651 0 _aSouth Asia
_xHistory.
_957177
651 0 _aSoutheast Asia
_xHistory.
_957178
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aBronkhorst, Johannes, 1946- author.
_tHow the Brahmins won
_dLeiden : Boston : Brill, [2016]
_z9789004315518
_w(DLC) 2016017581
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