BOOK SUMMARY OF ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA PANORAMA OF
BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND CULTURE: 1
During the time of Buddha's advent the Indian society was in turmoil. Though
India had attained great heights in the field of intellectual and scientific
speculations, there was a wide variety of views prevalent which quite often
conflicted with each other. In spite of development of subtle and sophisticated
logic, high meditational practices and noble ethical ideas and ideals, the
society was split-up in different sects and sub-sects. The Buddhist and Jain
literature of that period presents a vivid and detailed account of this baffling
variety. The Buddha