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jessie .james really? sources? violence.. where? Facts are the items people like try to distort and justify violence
Decline of Buddhism in India[edit]
Further information: Decline of Buddhism in India
General Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji sacked the great Buddhist shrines at Nālanda.[36]
The decline of Buddhism has been attributed to various factors. Regardless of the religious beliefs of their kings, states usually treated all the important sects relatively even-handedly.[37] This consisted of building monasteries and religious monuments, donating property such as the income of villages for the support of monks, and exempting donated property from taxation. Donations were most often made by private persons such as wealthy merchants and female relatives of the royal family, but there were periods when the state also gave its support and protection. In the case of Buddhism, this support was particularly important because of its high level of organization and the reliance of monks on donations from the laity. State patronage of Buddhism took the form of massive propertied foundations.[38]
The gradual expansion of caste regulations shifted political and economic power to localities, reversing a trend toward centralization.[39] The caste system began to dominate secular life as a code for social and economic transactions.[39]
Brahmins developed a new relationship with the state that obliged political officials to enforce the caste regulations.[39] As the system grew, states gradually lost control of land revenue. A key transition was the downfall of the Guptas. Indian society developed in a manner opposite to that of China or Rome, which were dominated by government officials. Instead, Brahmins became hereditary authorities in a series of weak, ephemeral states.[40]
Brahmins came to regulate more and more aspects of public life, and collected fees for the performance of rituals.[39] Caste law, administered by Brahmins, was built up to control all local economic production and much of its distribution,[41] transforming the property system.[39] Hinduism's displacement of Buddhism came by this indirect route.[40] Orthodox Brahmins could now dictate the flow of resources upon which institutional Buddhism depended. Buddhism was also weakened by rival Hindu temples, an innovation of the bhakti movement, and the appearance of Hindu monks. These undercut Buddhist patronage and popular support.[42]
The last empire to support Buddhism, the Pala dynasty, fell in the 12th century, and Muslim invaders destroyed monasteries and monuments[43] in their drive to spread Islam in the region.[44]
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