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Hinduism, Buddhism and Popular Religion in India

In 320 A.C., a native Indian dynasty, the Guptas, came to the throne and inaugurated a revival of Hinduism. To speak of the revival of Hinduism does not mean that in the previous period it had been dead or torpid. Indeed we know that there was a Hindu reaction against the Buddhism of Asoka about [...]

Hinduism,Buddhism,Paganism and Organized Religion in the East

China and India are pagan, a word which I deprecate if it is understood to imply inferiority but which if used in a descriptive and respectful sense is very useful. Christianity and Islam are organized religions. They say (or rather their several sects say) that they each not only possess the truth but that all [...]