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"This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE, transformed itself and spread all over South and Southeast Asia. Brahmanism spread over this vast area without the support of an empire, without the help of conquering armies, and without the intermediary of religious missionaries. This phenomenon has no parallel in world history, yet shaped a major portion of the surface of the earth for a number of centuries. This book focuses on the formative period of this phenomenon, roughly between Alexander and the Guptas" --

Brahmans --- Brahmanism --- Social change --- Brahmanes --- Brahmanisme --- Changement social --- Développement social --- History --- Histoire --- India --- South Asia --- Southeast Asia --- Inde --- Asie méridionale --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Religious life and customs. --- History. --- Vie religieuse --- Religious life and customs --- Brahmanes (caste de l'Inde) --- Développement social --- Asie méridionale --- HISTORY --- Brahmanism. --- Brahmans. --- Social change. --- India & South Asia --- To 1500. --- India. --- South Asia. --- Southeast Asia. --- Brahmans - History - To 1500 --- Brahmanism - History - To 1500 --- Social change - India - History - To 1500 --- Social change - South Asia - History - To 1500 --- Social change - Southeast Asia - History - To 1500 --- India - History - 324 B.C.-1000 A.D. --- India - Religious life and customs --- South Asia - History --- Southeast Asia - History --- Religions --- Hinduism --- Brahmins --- Caste --- Ethnology --- Hindus