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3. Brahmanical persecution 4. Muslim Invasion 5. Internal Corruption and Decay 6. Divine Effect of Sectarianism 7. Insufficient cultivation of the laity
In continuation of this phenoinenon, Prof. Padmanabha S. Jaini has reassessed the seven theories advanced by R.C. Mitra [ Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies, Delhi, 2001: 139-54). It is worthwhile to re-examine the socio-cultural and historical reasons for the disappearence of Buddhism from Karnātaka, in the context of the above seven theories.
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