A Prehistory of Hinduism

A Prehistory of Hinduism
ISBN-10
311051737X
ISBN-13
9783110517378
Category
Religion
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
2016-01-01
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Author
Manu V. Devadevan

Description

This book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia. Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth century with class relations as its point of focus, it throws new light on the making of religious communities, monastic institutions, legends, lineages, and the ethics that governed them. In the light of this prehistory, a compelling framework is suggested for a revision of existing perspectives on the making of Hinduism in the nineteenth and the twentieth century.

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