This book unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two regions that were connected through an intricate network of rivers. Themes delved into are: early historic urbanisation in the Mithila plains of North Bihar; the social history of Brahmanical religious institutions (temples and Mathas) in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the social history of Buddhist monasticism in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the integration of a local goddess into the institutional fabric of Mahayana Buddhism; the survival of Buddhism in the thirteenth and fourteenth century AD; pilgrimage from Central India and Deccan to a Hindu pil grimage centre of Bihar in the medieval period; and the debate on the Islamisation of medieval eastern Bengal. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032117225
Author Birendra Nath Prasad
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd