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Two Treatises on the Hindu Law of Inheritance (Paperback)
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Two Treatises on the Hindu Law of Inheritance (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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Published in 1810, this work was one of the key translations of
texts that formed part of the law books of the Anglo-Indian civil
courts under the East India Company. A successor to the orientalist
and jurist Sir William Jones, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765 1837)
had taught himself Sanskrit and became involved in studying and
trying to codify Hindu law to apply it in the civil law courts
where he held superior judicial positions. Here he translates two
medieval texts, Jimutavahana's Dayabhaga and part of
Vijnaneshwara's Mitakshara, which formalised an area of legal
theory, serving as the principal guides in, respectively, Bengal
and the rest of India for laws on inheritance until the Hindu
Succession Act of 1956. Despite errors later identified in the
translation, Colebrooke's work stands as an important scholarly
undertaking, reflecting his desire to promote knowledge of Hindu
law, culture and heritage throughout the English-speaking world.
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