Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires - Pinch, William R.
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Many people assume that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is, demonstrating that Hindu warrior ascetics were an important component of the South Asian military labor market. Today, they occupy a prominent place in modern Indian imaginations even though they are almost totally absent from Indian history. This innovative book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present.

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Many people assume that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is, demonstrating that Hindu warrior ascetics were an important component of the South Asian military labor market. Today, they occupy a prominent place in modern Indian imaginations even though they are almost totally absent from Indian history. This innovative book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present.
Autorenporträt
William R. Pinch is Associate Professor of History at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He is the author of Peasants and Monks in British India (1996).