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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aKancha Ilaiah _9125022
245			_aGod as Political Philosopher: Buddhas Challenge to Brahminism
260			_aKolkata _bSamya _c2001
300			_a244 p. _bPB _c21.5x14 cm.
520			_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.
650			_aGautama Buddha _9125023
650			_aBuddhism and state _9125024
650			_aBuddhist sociology _9125025
650			_aPolitics and government _9125026
700			_aILAIAH (Kancha) _9125027
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