By placing emphasis on the religious praxis and behaviour of the non-elite segment of population, this book offers some significant â from belowâ perspectives on the social histories of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Ajivika-dharma in eastern and northern India.
By placing emphasis on the religious praxis and behaviour of the non-elite segment of population, this book offers some significant â from belowâ perspectives on the social histories of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Ajivika-dharma in eastern and northern India.
Birendra Nath Prasad is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he teaches economic history and maritime history of ancient and early medieval India, social history of religion in ancient and early medieval India, and history of Southeast Asia to c.1500 ce. His recent publications include Archaeology of Religion in South Asia: Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina Religious Centres in Bihar and Bengal, c. ad 600-1200 (New Delhi, London and New York, 2021); and Rethinking Bihar and Bengal: History, Culture?and?Religion?(New?Delhi,?London?and?New?York,?2021).
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* List of Figures and Tables 6 * Preface 7 * 1. Introduction 9 * 2. Cultic Relationships between Buddhism and Brahmanism in the 'Last Stronghold' of Indian Buddhism: An Analysis with Particular Reference to Votive Inscriptions on the Brahmanical Sculptures Donated to Buddhist Religious Centres in Early Medieval Magadha 22 * 3. Merchants and their Family Members as Donors of Inscribed Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in Early Medieval Bihar and Bengal 52 * 4. Women as Donors of Inscribed Buddhist Sculptures in Early Medieval Bihar and Bengal 68 * 5. Monarchs, Monasteries and Trade on an 'Agrarian Frontier': Early Medieval Samata?a- Harikela, Bengal, c. 400 ce-1250 ce 87 * 6. Jaina and Brahmanical Temples and Political Processes in a Forested Frontier of Early Medieval South-Western Bengal: A Study of Purulia 110 * 7. Buddhist Revival in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh, c. 2005 ce-2011 ce: Some Aspects of Ambedkarite and ?j?vika Discourses on Buddhism and Hinduism in Hindi Print Media 151 * Bibliography 197 * Index 215
* List of Figures and Tables 6 * Preface 7 * 1. Introduction 9 * 2. Cultic Relationships between Buddhism and Brahmanism in the 'Last Stronghold' of Indian Buddhism: An Analysis with Particular Reference to Votive Inscriptions on the Brahmanical Sculptures Donated to Buddhist Religious Centres in Early Medieval Magadha 22 * 3. Merchants and their Family Members as Donors of Inscribed Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in Early Medieval Bihar and Bengal 52 * 4. Women as Donors of Inscribed Buddhist Sculptures in Early Medieval Bihar and Bengal 68 * 5. Monarchs, Monasteries and Trade on an 'Agrarian Frontier': Early Medieval Samata?a- Harikela, Bengal, c. 400 ce-1250 ce 87 * 6. Jaina and Brahmanical Temples and Political Processes in a Forested Frontier of Early Medieval South-Western Bengal: A Study of Purulia 110 * 7. Buddhist Revival in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh, c. 2005 ce-2011 ce: Some Aspects of Ambedkarite and ?j?vika Discourses on Buddhism and Hinduism in Hindi Print Media 151 * Bibliography 197 * Index 215
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