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Rudyard Kipling’s Buddhism

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Rudyard Kipling's *Kim* is widely read as an imperial novel, but according to JSTOR Daily, it's also a window into how nineteenth-century Britain understood Buddhism. The story reflects the era's intellectual engagement with Eastern spiritual ideas.

Source: https://daily.jstor.org/rudyard-kiplings-buddhism/

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