The religion of India: the sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism

Classic on the connection between religious institutions and administration, bureaucracy. Part 1. The Hindu social system : 1. India and Hinduism 2. The main grouping of the castes 3. Caste forms and schisms Part 2. Orthodox and heterodox holy teaching of the Indian intellectuals : 4. Anti-orgiastic and ritualistic character of Brahmanical religiosity 5. Orthodox Hinduism 6. The heterodox soteriologies of the cultured professional monks Part 3. The Asiatic sects and the redemption religions : 7. The transformation of ancient Buddhism 8. The missions 9. The orthodox restoration in India 10. The general character of Asiatic religion. reprint of a classic, used widely as a text and reference. Especially useful on Hinduism and Buddhism, application of western social science analysis