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... law - books and even in the work of Kautilya , does not find place in the elements of the state . This is taken as Kautilya's distinct service to the cause of political theory " . But in his chapter on the description of the seven ...
... law - books and even in the work of Kautilya , does not find place in the elements of the state . This is taken as Kautilya's distinct service to the cause of political theory " . But in his chapter on the description of the seven ...
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... law , carita ( custom ) , vyava- hāra ( agreement ) , dharma ( the provisions of the law - books ) and rājaśāsana ... law . Moreover , it is explicitly stated that whenever śāstra ( the brāhmaṇical law - book ) comes into con- flict with ...
... law , carita ( custom ) , vyava- hāra ( agreement ) , dharma ( the provisions of the law - books ) and rājaśāsana ... law . Moreover , it is explicitly stated that whenever śāstra ( the brāhmaṇical law - book ) comes into con- flict with ...
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... legal discrimination between the different varņas . The Dharmaśāstras , and the smṛti section of the epics and the Purāņas , are replete with such discriminatory regulations . The law - books of the Gupta period softened some of these ...
... legal discrimination between the different varņas . The Dharmaśāstras , and the smṛti section of the epics and the Purāņas , are replete with such discriminatory regulations . The law - books of the Gupta period softened some of these ...
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Historiography of Ancient Indian Polity | 1 |
Imperialist approach versus nationalist ideology I | 11 |
Role of Property Family and Caste | 33 |
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