Re:The Importance of India
by joekunin on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:20PM
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I wonder if this was also part of the reason Buddhism didn't become the predominant belief system in India.
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Re:The Importance of India
by sohamsankaran on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:24PM
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It was, for a time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_Buddhism_in_the_I...
Buddhism was prominent in India till Muslim invaders came and conquered India. Buddhist Monastery were sitting ducks for them, Buddhism was eliminated in the first wave of Islamic invaders.
Of-course there were struggles with others before that, such as Brahmins, but those were political struggles, not existential. Many times Buddhists gained the favor of Kings, other times Brahmins.
Re:The Importance of India
by vijaybritto on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:38PM
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Yes, Buddhism cannot be tolerated by Brahmanism. Its simply outside the caste system that removes power from Brahmins.
PS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Buddhists
EDIT: https://medium.com/@ArainGang/hindu-persecution-of-buddhists...
Did you even read it. There were struggles with Brahmins, but those were political struggles, not existential.
Muslim invaders eliminated them forever from India. Read this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Buddhists#Perse...