The Sociology of Philosophies

centuries. The cultural history of India is the history of struggle on multiple levels, which eventually brought about almost to ...

Ganges States, 500 b.c.e. (From Davies, 1949, p. 7) External and Internal Politics: India • 179 ...

zation of the frontier-settling clans. The incipient growth of strong states promoted symbiosis with monastic religions, above a ...

Height of Maurya Empire, 250 b.c.e. (From Davies, 1949, p. 13) External and Internal Politics: India • 181 ...

ments, donating property, such as the incomes of villages, for the support of monks, and protecting previous property donations ...

Balance of Power, 150 c.e. (From Davies, 1949, p. 15) External and Internal Politics: India • 183 ...

Ganges plain Buddhism was supported by half the population, and its pre- cepts were widely observed. Rulers and wealthy laity ga ...

Gupta Empire, 400 c.e. (From Davies, 1949, p. 19) External and Internal Politics: India • 185 ...

times under the guise of magic, a pattern that existed for Buddhist tantrism in Bengal and perhaps elsewhere in India as well. B ...

(Davies, 1949: 30; OHI, 1981: 186). Hinduism was a full-scale social complex, in which Brahmans functioned not only as ritualist ...

chants were attracted while agricultural pursuits were excluded. Its base was narrower than that of the popular Hindu cults or t ...

connection came from the Atharvaveda, the magic spells incorporated only late into the Vedas. The Vaishnavas, worshippers of Vis ...

land, the produce of which constituted the main basis of state revenues. After the disintegration of the Maurya Empire, this cap ...

in the Ganges valley to match Buddhism; the destruction by the Shaiva king of the Hunas of Buddhist stupas and monasteries in th ...

Eve of Mogul Invasion, (From Davies, 1949, p. 39) 192 • (^) Intellectual Communities: Asian Paths ...

dhism during its period of strong political patronage splits into numerous factions, from which are winnowed a moderate number o ...

priests. The original single priest was increased to 3 and then more; the number of priests required for sacrifice increased ove ...

Vedas. One is no longer learning a particular priest role in the ceremonies; all the Vedas are now regarded as essentially one b ...

become teachers and caretakers of traditional knowledge, like the Confucian ju, although much less political. According to the i ...

nies put on by others who know their secret meanings. There are kings who can pose questions that the Brahmans cannot answer, an ...