After my blog last week, a reader called Piotrek posted a comment that was very thought provoking, and as my answer grew I decided it m...

W HEN J OHANNES B RONKHORST'S BOOK Greater Magadha hit the scene a lot of us were over-awed by the scope and complexity of the arg...

For some time I have wanted to write a review of an article by Johannes Bronkhorst, now almost 30 years old.[1] The title is unprepossessing...

In discussing the time of the Buddha it is axiomatic, especially in Buddhist accounts, that Brahminism was the main religion of the Āryan p...