The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s2.2

c10.s2.2

It is time to recognise that the two sources require to be treated in one and the same atmosphere for parallel studies, comparisons, contrasts, interactions and so forth. The change in the methodology of study suggested here would indeed be just in keeping with the life. Vedic lore *vis-à-vis* Buddhist lore, Buddhism *vis-à-vis* other "isms," ancient, medieval and modern, did not constitute segregation in morals, manners and sentiments. Every bit of life represented some form or "process" of culture-contact, relationship or *Beziehung*, as we see analyzed in the sociological system of Simmel or von Wiese. The "division of labour" in Durkheim's sense or the "imitation," "opposition" and "adaptation" of Tarde's sociology cannot be overlooked in any epoch of Indian culture.