Hinduism expansion in India: Annihilation or assimilation?
Hinduism considered among one of the largest Religion in world has been rethought for decades now and scholars has begun questioning its origin and nature. Due to its broad and panoptic nature it subsumes among it a lot many practices, custom and tradition. Moreover, when many scholars argue that Hinduism is just a name given to myriad of accumulated cultures is begun to be seen as a religion only from 19 th century. Hence, it has become very important today to know about its true character. Appropriation and Assimilation runs simultaneously in the process of making any entity. In case, of Hinduism this must have been the case however, it becomes important what was on greater side also, the tribal nature of Hinduism we see today has it been incorporated into it? Or is it the opposite? While tackling with any question pertaining to Hinduism, N.K. Bose’s work “The structure of Hindu Society” becomes very important. As Bose turns out to be 1 st anthropologist who attemp...