Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires

Klappentext This 2006 book is an innovative study of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present. Zusammenfassung This 2006 book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present. It shows Hinduism is not a religion of non-violence! as Hindu warrior ascetics were an important component of the South Asian military labor market. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mughal Yogis; 2. WarLords; 3. Company Gosains; 4. Begams and Ranis in Rasdhan; 5. Sakti Bhakti; 6. Indian Sadhus; Kailash's counterfactual and other conclusions; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: William R. Pinch, William R. (Wesleyan University Pinch, PINCH WILLIAM R
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107406377
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40637-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society; Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous