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VegHist Episode 1: Ahimsa

The Vegan Option - Vegetarianism: The Story So Far by Ian McDonald

Jan 22, 2016Society & Culture

In the Ganges plain in Northen India in the middle of the first millennium BCE, the idea of “ahimsa” – non violence – emerges. Episode 1: Ahimsa Ian visits the intellectual hub of iron age India – the Kingdom of Magadha....

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VegHist Episode 1: Ahimsa is an episode from The Vegan Option - Vegetarianism: The Story So Far by Ian McDonald. In the Ganges plain in Northen India in the middle of the first millennium BCE, the idea of “ahimsa” – non violence – emerges....

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Published Jan 22, 2016, audio available.