01496nam a22002537a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100120008008200220009210000260011424500660014026000250020630000280023152006650025965000270092465000310095165000310098265000360101370000280104994200120107799900190108995201340110820230628145548.0230628b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a8185604770  cAL  aEnglish  223a294.363bILAG  aKancha Ilaiah9125022  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 Buddha9125023  aBuddhism and state9125024  aBuddhist sociology9125025  aPolitics and government9125026  aILAIAH (Kancha)9125027  2ddccDB  c227703d227703  00102ddc40708OTHaALbALd2023-06-24l0o294.363 ILAGpD05970r2023-06-28 00:00:00w2023-06-28yDBzDonated by V.T. Rajshekar