The Sociology of Early Buddhism

Greg (La Trobe University, Victoria) Bailey, Ian (Monash University, Victoria) Mabbett

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Early Buddhism flourished because it took up the challenge represented by buoyant economic conditions in the newly emergent Indian states from the fifth century BCE. This book begins with the apparent inconsistency of Buddhism, a renunciant movement surviving within a strong urban environment, and draws out the implications of this.

ISBN-13
9780521831161
ISBN-10
0521831164
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-11-27
Pages
296
Dimensions
236x162x26
Weight
625