This book is an attempt to re-examine Bankimchandra’s religious thinking in the context of the nineteenth century on the basis of his Srimadbhagabadgita. Written in instalments from 1886-88, his little-noted Gita commentary is a key text of nascent modern (or neo-) Hinduism. The mediation between east and west, science and religion, and the nationalist assertion that Gita-based Hinduism represents the most superior and universal religion, are its dominant ...
