TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kancha Ilaiah
AU  - ILAIAH (Kancha)
TI  - God as Political Philosopher: Buddhas Challenge to Brahminism
SN  - 8185604770
U1  - 294.363 23
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Kolkata
PB  - Samya
KW  - Gautama Buddha
KW  - Buddhism and state
KW  - Buddhist sociology
KW  - Politics and government
N2  - In 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
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