History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1193
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1193
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Kṛta-yuga, described in Gupta Inscriptions as a cycle of great virtue 687, Dharma perfect and four-footed in K and declined by one foot in successive yugas 688n, Manusmṛti (IX. 301) puts for ward the view that the four ages are not watertight specific periods of time, but the king or ruling power can produce the conditions of Kṛta 696