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Early Buddhism flourished because it took up the challenge represented by buoyant economic conditions in the newly emergent Indian states from the fifth century BCE. This book begins with the apparent inconsistency of Buddhism, a renunciant movement surviving within a strong urban environment, and draws out the implications of this.Bailey, Greg is the author of 'Sociology of Early Buddhism' with ISBN 9780521831161 and ISBN 0521831164.
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