Religions of Early India A Cultural History

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Davis, Richard H. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2024.
Edición:1st ed
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Living Landscape of India
  • 2. Indo-Aryans and the Vision of the Rig Veda Poets (1300-1000 BCE)
  • 3. The World of Sacrifice (1000-600 BCE)
  • 4. A New Urban Culture and Renunciatory Religion (600-300 BCE)
  • 5. The Mauryan Era: Religious Cultures of Empire (321-187 BCE)
  • 6. Disciplinary Communities and Religious Quests
  • 7. Popular Religious Cultures during the Shunga Era (200 BCE-0 CE)
  • 8. The Sanskrit Epics: Imagined Empires of the Hindus
  • Color Plates
  • 9. The Kushana Era and Pan-Asian Buddhism (0 CE-300 CE)
  • 10. Visual Religion: Icons, Worship, and Devotion
  • 11. The Four Human Aims: Guides for the Good Life
  • 12. The Gupta Era: Religious Cultures of Court and Beyond (300-500 CE)
  • 13. The Puranas: Varieties of Hindu Theism
  • 14. Homes for Gods (460 CE-700 CE)
  • Epilogue. Varieties of Religious Cultures in Early India
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.