Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c7.3

c7.3

¹ The Laws of Manu, translated with extracts from seven commentaries by George Bühler, in the Sacred Books of the East Series, Oxford, 1886. See his Introduction for the discussion of the date. J. Jolly thinks that Manu-smṛiti cannot be later than the second or third century A.D. See also the late A. C. Burnell's Introduction to his translation entitled 'The Ordinances of Manu.' The Mânavas represent one of the six subdivisions of the Maitrâyaṇî School of the Black Yajurveda. It is believed by some that Manu-smṛiti is a popular work intended for Râjâs and similar persons and not for learned Brâhmaṇas. But the influence of the work has been profound over all classes. The ideas and sometimes the phraseology of Manu occur in most of the extant law-books. See also Ch. VI.