01247nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100120008008200220009210000180011424500660013226000250019830000280022352006650025165000190091665000230093565000230095865000280098170000200100920230628145548.0230628b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a8185604770  cAL  aEnglish  223a294.363bILAG  aKancha Ilaiah  aGod as Political Philosopher: Buddhas Challenge to Brahminism  aKolkatabSamyac2001  a244 p.bPBc21.5x14 cm.  aIn this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India's first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha. In so doing he foreshadowed modern India's experiment with parliamentary democracy. Critical of the caste system, Buddha inducted low caste members into the sangha and made them his trusted advisers. He gave women an honoured place in the sangha. Dissent was indeed permitted, and even Buddha was not above the law. Pre-dating Socrates and Plato by some years, Buddha also foreshadowed key elements of their philosophy.  aGautama Buddha  aBuddhism and state  aBuddhist sociology  aPolitics and government  aILAIAH (Kancha)