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Similarities between occidental and oriental cities according to Weber:
Max Weber saw many similarities between European and South Asian cities in the pre-modern times.
Fortresses, markets and thriving commercial endeavours were common to both.
Both had city deities (puradevata) and cults.
At the same time, Weber pointed out that the caste system prevented the rise of uniform legal equality and therefore of the full urban community in the Indian context. |
