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Religion and economic activity in India: an historical perspective.
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT and economic activity have been closely linked throughout the history of India. To justify this claim, this paper will examine briefly two periods in Indian history, ancient India as exemplified by the Mauryan empire, and medieval India of the 8th to the 13th centuries, while suggesting in both cases that a strong interrelationship exists between religious thought and economic structure. Extrapolating to the present, it shall be contended that a key to understanding the social environment of contemporary India is some knowledge of the…
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Religion and economic activity in India: an historical perspective.
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