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Class and Religion in Ancient India (Hardcover)
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Class and Religion in Ancient India (Hardcover)
Series: Anthem South Asian Normative Traditions Studies
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A fascinating read for scholars and general readers alike, Class
and Religion highlights the interdependence between the class
structure and the Vedic and Brahmanical form of religion in ancient
India. It seeks to demolish the myth that religiosity and
spirituality were the distinctive characteristics of ancient Indian
civilization. The author demonstrates that religion was a
superstructure of class relations used primarily by the ruling
class and the state to perpetuate a predatory class structure based
on exploitation and oppression. Buddhism, foreign immigrant
communities, Atheist-rationalist philosophies and the rise of
Shudra dynasties threatened to destabilize the class-caste
structure that had come into existence in the late Rig Vedic
period. However, the Brahmanical revival led by the ruling class
and the state from the second century B.C. restored the Vedic
religion and the class-caste structure in a slightly modified form.
A thorough analysis of the Vedas and Upanishads, Manusmriti, Gita,
Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas has been attempted in the
context of the relevant period.
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