On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c7.s3.27

c7.s3.27

¹ Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XIV, pp. 146, 200, 217. Later Smṛtis *e. g.* Manu VIII, 157, give rules regarding marine insurance and other matters referring to sea-borne trade. Moreover, Manu III, 156 declares a Brahman, who has gone to sea, to be unworthy of entertainment at a Śrāddha.