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A Treatise on Dharma (Hardcover)
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A Treatise on Dharma (Hardcover)
Series: Murty Classical Library of India
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A new English translation of the most influential legal text in
medieval India. A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or
fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of
dharmasastra-texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the
duties of rulers-that informed Indian life for a thousand years. It
illuminates major cultural innovations, such as the prominence of
documents in commercial and legal proceedings, the use of ordeals
in resolving disputes, and the growing importance of yoga in
spiritual practices. Composed by an anonymous author during the
reign of the imperial Guptas, the Treatise is ascribed to the
Upanishadic philosopher Yajnavalkya, whose instruction of a group
of sages serves as the frame narrative for the work. It became the
most influential legal text in medieval India, and a
twelfth-century interpretation came to be considered "the law of
the land" under British rule. This translation of A Treatise on
Dharma, based on a new critical edition and presented alongside the
Sanskrit original in the Devanagari script, opens the classical age
of ancient Indian law to modern readers.
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