“Persecutions of these heterodoxies … do not account for the unusually quick victory of Hinduism. Favorable political circumstances contributed to the victory. Decisive, however, was the fact that Hinduism could provide an incomparable religious support for the legitimation interest of the ruling strata.”

— Max Weber

Source: Religion of India (1916), p. 18

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German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist 1864–1920

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