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Religion in India: Past and Present

Religion in India: Past and Present

Babb, Lawrence A.

Paperback

BuddhismGeneral Eastern ReligionsHinduism

ISBN10: 1780460740
ISBN13: 9781780460741
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Jan 23 2020
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The religious map of India is notoriously complex; not only are there indigenous traditions in great variety, but imported faiths such as Islam and Christianity have been added to the mix.

Lawrence A. Babb helps the non-specialist navigate this variety. He provides an account of the subcontinent's principal religions, focusing on how they began, what they teach, what they have become, and how religion fits in modern India's national life. The book assumes no previous knowledge of Indian institutions or history, and is designed to give readers a big picture, leaving the fine points to the more specialized books. The perspective of the book is historical, tracing India's religious evolution from the Indus-Valley period (c. 2600-1900 BCE) to the present. With the Indus Valley civilization as its starting point, the author covers the development of Vedic religion, the emergence of dissenting traditions, Buddhism and Jainism, the development of Hinduism and the coming of Islam to the subcontinent.

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