[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Eastern Christian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy) › [Syriac](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr) › ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܕܐܬܪܘܬܐ # ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܕܐܬܪܘܬܐ The Book of the Laws of Countries Dialogue on fate and free will recorded by Bardaiṣan's pupil Philip; against astral determinism it cites the laws of peoples, among them the Brahmans of India who kill nothing, eat no meat and drink no wine, other Indians who eat human flesh, and the customs of the Kushans (Qušānāyē). - **Language:** Syriac - **Date:** 196–222 CE - **Authors:** [Philip](https://indike.org/pramana/person/philip-bardaisan), [ܒܪܕܝܨܢ](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bardaisan) - **Place:** Edessa (Urhāy) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Book of the Laws of Countries (Spicilegium Syriacum)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.laws-of-countries~en-cureton) — English, not yet digitised ## Parallel to - [Ἰνδικά (περὶ Ἰνδῶν)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.bardesanes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.laws-of-countries](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.laws-of-countries) · Pramāṇa