Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s1.49

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c32.s1.49

4. The Dharma Sūtras deal with Dharma laws, while the A. deals with artha principles and laws. The subject of the DhS., is not political science but Dharma law. The subject of politics being principal in one and incidental in the other, no comparison can be instituted for the purposes of chronology. I would demur to characterize the M. Bh. Raja dharma as being in embryonic state; in the theory part it is more developed than the A. Then, every inferior writer does not change chronology. Some Tagore lectures after those of Dr. Jolly are far inferior; they for that reason could not be placed in a time earlier than his.

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