The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s14.8

c10.s14.8

In order to establish the relative chronology of the *Dharma* treatises Meyer has adopted the following method (p. 41). First, he examines the intellectual contents and character of the works. Secondly, he discusses the linguistic and metristic features of each treatise. Thirdly, he pursues the traces of indebtedness of the one to the others. And finally, he analyses those items of law and society about which the dates are known from other sources.