Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c7.20

c7.20

the 'Law for the Rulers.' Under the latter term, it has been treated in the *Śānti-Parvan* of the *Mahā-Bhārata*. The *Mahā-Bhārata* draws on materials generally old, but handled as late as the fifth century after Christ, with an earlier systematization, cir. 150 B.C.¹