Democracy's Dhamma: Buddhism in the Making of Modern India, C. 1890-1956

by Gitanjali Surendran

In 1956, B. R. Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism raising questions about his turn from constitutionalism to religion. The answer lies in Buddhism itself. In the late colonial era, the struggle to produce an appropriate Buddhism for a nation-in-the-making reveals a secret history foundational to modern India. Thinkers, activists, reformers, pilgrims, and monks from around South, Southeast and East Asia discussed universalism, nationalism, modernity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009424955
• ISBN13: 9781009424950
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages