Religious Process : The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition (OIP) /
Chakrabarti, Kunal
Religious Process : The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition (OIP) / Chakrabarti, Kunal - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018. - 384 p. ; 20 cm.
This book traces the evolution of a process of interaction between Brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship of recirpocity, contestation and domination. Two significant methodoligical issues have been addressed--the manner in which didactic Sanskritic texts can be read for the reconstruction of early Indian history and the application of anthropological models, such as great and little traditions, to such texts for a more comprehensive understanding of the Indian culture continuum. The book focuses on Bengal, but cultural negotiations refers to a fundamental civilizational pocess common to most regions in India, and as such has wider relevance.
199482543
History
Religious Process
294.5095414 / CHA
Religious Process : The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition (OIP) / Chakrabarti, Kunal - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018. - 384 p. ; 20 cm.
This book traces the evolution of a process of interaction between Brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship of recirpocity, contestation and domination. Two significant methodoligical issues have been addressed--the manner in which didactic Sanskritic texts can be read for the reconstruction of early Indian history and the application of anthropological models, such as great and little traditions, to such texts for a more comprehensive understanding of the Indian culture continuum. The book focuses on Bengal, but cultural negotiations refers to a fundamental civilizational pocess common to most regions in India, and as such has wider relevance.
199482543
History
Religious Process
294.5095414 / CHA