Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Buddhism in the Making of Modern India
- 1 Anagarika Dharmapala in India
- 2 Dharmapala and Vivekananda in an Age of Universalism
- 3 Buddhism and The Bhadralok
- 4 The Buddhist Bay: Buddhist Mobility Across the Bay of Bengal
- 5 Buddhist Relics, The Mahabodhi Temple and The Discourse of a Shared Buddhism
- 6 Buddhism as a Civil Religion and Hindutva
- 7 Buddhism, Anti-Caste Radicalism and Socialism
- 8 Ambedkar, Dhamma and Democracy
- Conclusion: The Destinies of Buddhism
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Buddhism in the Making of Modern India
- 1 Anagarika Dharmapala in India
- 2 Dharmapala and Vivekananda in an Age of Universalism
- 3 Buddhism and The Bhadralok
- 4 The Buddhist Bay: Buddhist Mobility Across the Bay of Bengal
- 5 Buddhist Relics, The Mahabodhi Temple and The Discourse of a Shared Buddhism
- 6 Buddhism as a Civil Religion and Hindutva
- 7 Buddhism, Anti-Caste Radicalism and Socialism
- 8 Ambedkar, Dhamma and Democracy
- Conclusion: The Destinies of Buddhism
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Democracy's DhammaBuddhism in the Making of Modern India, c. 1890–1956, pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025