How the Brahmins Won
From Alexander to the Guptas
Johannes Bronkhorst(Author)
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Will be published approx. on 31. March 2024
Book
Hardback
590 pages
978-93-6080-354-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is the frst 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 166 mm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-6080-354-4 (9789360803544)
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Person
Johannes Bronkhorst (PhD Pune 1979, doctorate Leiden 1980) is professor emeritus at the University of Lausanne.