Greater Magadha, roughly the eastern part of the Gangetic plain of northern India, has so far been looked upon as deeply indebted to Brahmanical culture. Religi

Through a detailed analysis of the available cultural and chronological data, this book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India and prop

This book deals with the confrontation of Buddhism and Brahmanism in India. Both depended on support from the royal court, but Buddhism had less to offer in ret

This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE

Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one’s deeds in earlier lives. This beli