In India, on side routes of the Silk Road that crossed the passes to the Indus Valley and beyond, the older religion of Brahmanism had given way to Hinduism and Buddhism; the former never spread far ...

Criterion (vi): The Ellora Caves not only bear witness to three great religions, i.e. Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Jainism, they illustrate the spirit of tolerance, characteristic of ancient India, which ...

Mahayanism had a social appeal at a personal level. But unlike Mahayanism, Brahmanism incorporated the pre-Buddhist cults and deities into its fold more effectively, particularly during the time of ...

Nevertheless, as Gail Omvedt in Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste (2003) noted, while the specific numbers ...

This context is that Buddhism never cut itself asunder from the parent stock of Brahmanism and that the great Buddha was a child of that noble culture which is generically known as Brahmanism.

Düsseldorf. [very good text dealing with the various ‘cultural layers’ of Thai Buddhism, Brahmanism and animism] Klima, A. (2002). The funeral casino: meditation, massacre, and exchange with the dead ...

One takeaway from the book is its meticulous research demonstrating that Hindutva as a state practice is Brahmanism camouflaged as nationalism. This is exemplified by the brazenness with which the ...