State and Government in Ancient India c19.s1.44

c19.s1.44

If all other evidence failed, ordeals were permitted. The ordeal sounds strange to the modern ear, but it continues even in the present courts under the form of a special oath, if the parties agree to it. In the ancient and medieval times, the ordeals were fairly common both in Europe¹ and India owing to the prevailing belief in divine intervention on behalf of the