Greater Magadha

Greater Magadha
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9789004157194
ISBN-13 : 9004157190
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Download or read book Greater Magadha written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a detailed analysis of the available cultural and chronological data, this book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India and proposes a different picture instead. The idea of a unilinear development out of Brahmanism, in particular, is challenged.


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