Pre-Buddhist Indian Thought and Culture

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[edit] Pre-Buddhist Indian Thought and Culture

You are expected to posses a detailed knowledge on the Indian Culture from the age of the Indus Valley Civilization up to the time of the Buddha. This school has a special focus should be in the followings:

  • Indian culture before the advent of Aryans.
  • Evolution of the religious , social and literary aspects of the Vedic Brahmanic Culture upto the Upanishadic
  • Evolution of Sramanic culture and its characteristics
  • Political, economic and social conditions during the time of the Buddha
  • Nature of the Brahmanic thought during the time of the Buddha
  • Teachings of the six religious teachers contemporary to the Buddha

[edit] Recommended Reading:

Hinduism and Buddhism, C.Eliot, London, 1957

The Wonder That was India, A.L.Basham, London, 1957

Indian Philosophy, Vol.1, S.Radhakrishnan, London, 1958

History of Indian Philosophy, Vol I S.Das Gupta, Cambridge, 1963

The Origin and the Early Development of Buddhist Monachism, Patricia Olivelle, Gunasena, Colombo, 1974

Indian Buddhism, A.K. Warder, Delhi 1980

Studies in the Origins of Buddism,G.C.Pande, Deihi, 1983

Early Buddhism and Its Origins, V.P.Verma, New Delhi, 1973

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