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Hardcover. Zustand: New. This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers. Themes looked into are: early historic urbanisation in the Mithil plains of North Bihar; the social history of Brahmanical religious institutions (temples and Ma]thas) in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the social history of Buddhist monasticism in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the integration of a local goddess into the institutional fabric of Mahayana Buddhism; the survival of Buddhism in the thirteenth and fourteenth century ad; pilgrimage from Central India and Deccan to a Hindu pil­grimage centre of Bihar in the medieval period; and the debate on the Islamisation of medieval eastern Bengal.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. The fate of Indian Buddhism was not totally dependent on royal patronage. Buddhism had to devise ways to attract patronage from many segments of society, which forced it to enter into complex interactions with social institutions and processes. In that sense, it was never asocial. It had a complex social history. Papers in the present book hope to explore some aspects of the social history of Buddhism in some parts of early historic and early medieval India: western Deccan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Bengal and Odisha.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Through an analysis of archaeological and literary data, this book ex­plores two interrelated themes: the socio-economic and cultic processes that resulted in the decline of Indian Buddhism in its last strongholds Bihar and Bengal towards the end of the early medieval period, and the patterns of revival of Buddhism in the neighbouring province of Uttar Pradesh, c. 2005-2011 ce. These themes have been explored by undertaking an analysis of the developments in the social histories of other competing religions: Hinduism, Jainism and Ājīvika-dharma. By placing emphasis on the religious praxis and behaviour of the non-elite segment of population, this book offers some significant from below perspectives on the social histories of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Ājīvika-dharma in eastern and northern India. About the Author 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).…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Often serving as an important node through which West Asian and South Asian maritime trade with China were maintained, maritime Southeast Asia remained exposed to various extra-local influences that accompan­ied maritime trade with and through this area. Yet, as the research articles in the book indicate, it was not just an appendage to the two great agrarian and maritime civilizations of Asia: India and China. It imbibed extra-local influences and transformed them to suit local needs. The book looks into the issue of complex interactions between local and extra-local influences in maritime Southeast Asia. It traces the pro-cesses through which extra-local influences were localized.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In the academic study of Indian religions, a common approach has been to perceive them as abstruse philosophies devoid of social linkages. This may not be a valid approach as many Indian religions, amidst a complex myriad of functions, also functioned as essential elements of the organization of the socio-economic order of the society in which they functioned and established complex linkages with social institutions and processes. That also entailed the evolution of complex patterns of interactions between different religions. This book explores some aspects of these complexities. Research articles in the present book explore three themes: the patterns of interactions between different ancient and early medieval Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Ajivika-dharma) and their relationships with socio-economic institutions and processes from circa sixth century bce to early thirteenth century ce; perceptions of Islam and Muslims in the Indic sources and the process of religious identity formation in medieval north India; and, finally, the Natha Sampradaya in its interactions with social institutions and processes in Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra from the colonial to the contemporary periods.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Through an analysis of textual and archaeological sources, this book explores some aspects of the complex history of Buddhism in ancient India. Themes delved into are: the Process of Buddhist identity formation in the Middle and Upper Ganga Valley during the early historic period; Patterns of patronage to Buddhism in North-Western India and Western Deccan; Perceptions of the agrarian world of early historic north-western India in a Buddhist text; early Buddhist medicinal practices as indicated in literary and archaeological sources; and socio-economic and cultic dynamics in the hinterland of a Buddhist monastery in early historic and early medieval Magadha.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. In the religious landscape of early medieval (c. ad 600-1200) Bihar and Bengal, poly-religiousity was generally the norm than an exception, which entailed the evolution of complex patterns of inter-religious equations. Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism not only coexisted but also competed for social patronage, forcing them to enter into complex interactions with social institutions and processes. Through an analysis of the published archaeological data, this work explores some aspects of the social history of Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina temples and shrines, and Buddhist stpas and monasteries in early medieval Bihar and Bengal. This archaeological history of religions questions many 'established' textual reconstructions, and enriches our understanding of the complex issue of the decline of Buddhism in this area.…

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Zustand: New. KlappentextBy placing emphasis on the religious praxis and behaviour of the non-elite segment of population, this book offers some significant from below perspectives on the social histories of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Ajivika-d.

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