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Question
With reference to the decline of Buddhism in India, explain the following cause:
The revival of Brahmanical Hinduism.
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Solution
With reference to the decline of Buddhism in India, the given headline is explained below:
The revival of Brahmanical Hinduism: The efforts of great Brahmin scholars like - Shankaracharya and Kumarila Bhatta to eradicate the evils that had crept into the Brahmanical religion,’ led to the revival of Hinduism. Eventually, they were able to establish the supremacy of the Vedic religion over Buddhism.
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