This book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia.
Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth
century with class relations as its point of focus it throws new light on the making of
religious communities monastic institutions legends lineages and the ethics that governed
them. In the light of this prehistory a compelling framework is suggested for a revision of
existing perspectives on the making of Hinduism in the nineteenth and the twentieth century.
