Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c4.1

c4.1

The subjoined work is a translation of my German work on "Recht und Sitte" which was published in 1896 as the first part of the Encyclopaedia of Indo-Aryan Research of the late lamented Dr. G. Bühler whose researches have done so much towards clearing up the legal history of India and whose untimely death owing to a boat accident was universally felt as such a heavy loss to science. During the more than thirty years which have elapsed since the publication of "Recht und Sitte" the study of Sanskrit law has been progressing with rapid strides and it is a matter of regret that my advanced age and ill-health should have prevented me from thoroughly bringing my work up to date, before it was translated into English. It is hoped, however, that the learned notes added by the translator will to some extent supply this deficiency.