The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism.

Kalyan Kumar Sarkar · Uma Chakravarti

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An historical investigation into the relationship between early Buddhism and the society in which it was located. As well as analyzing the social and economic categories of society at the time of the Buddha, it considers the role of power and the conceptualization of the ideal socio-political system as envisaged in Buddhism. Departments of Philosophy and Eastern and Comparative Religion; Oriental History.

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