The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.187

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c7.187

Varuṇa Dharmapati.”¹ The Chândogya Upaniṣad speaks of fire-ordeals and other tests for establishing the innocence of the accused who might plead not guilty, but one cannot be sure of the date of the particular passage. It regards murder, theft, adultery and drunkenness as the most heinous of crimes.²

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