Early Life: It was the Buddhism that gave the greatest blow to Brahmanism in 6th century B.C. This religion was started by Gautam Buddha who was a contemporary of Mahavira. He was a kshatriya and belonged to the Sakya clan, whose territory was represented by that part of the Nepal which lies immediately to the north of the Basti district [...]
Jaina literature and the growth of Vernacular Language: Jainism had played a pivotal role in the development of the language of the country. Sanskrit and Pali have been the medium of writings and preaching's of Brahmanas and Buddhists. But the Jains gave a definite literary shape to some vernaculars for the first time. image source: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Sankhitta_Sangheyani_Cosmography.jpg Mahavira preached [...]
Though Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, yet. it had exerted great influence on the culture of India. Popular Religion: Buddhism gave us a simple, intelligible and popular religion. Buddhism greatly appealed to the people on account of its simplicity; emotional element, easy ethical code, the use of vernacular language and the methods of teaching. It disordered [...]