num_pages: 176
description: A product of many cultures and traditions, Hinduism has generated and assimilated the religious movements of India over 5,000 years. This book provides an invaluable introduction to its diverse schools of thought and practice.The writer Kshitimohan Sen was an Indian scholar, writer, a Sanskrit professor and an M.A. in Sanskrit from Queen's College, Benares. He was born in a family hailing from Sonarang in Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh). He started his working life at the Department of Education, Chamba State. In 1908, at the call of Rabindranath Tagore, he joined Brahmacharyashram. Later he performed responsibility of Adhyaksha of Vidyabhaban. He was the first Deshikottam (1952) of Vishwa Bharati. He was an acting Upacharyas of Visva-Bharati University (1953–1954).
language: English
title: Hinduism
titlecomplete: Hinduism
genres: History, Philosophy, Religion, Hinduism, India, Reference, Spirituality, Mythology, Eastern Philosophy, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 189
publisher: Penguin Books