The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s1.t8.2

c11.s1.t8.2

An important point raised by Keith in this discussion bears on the relations between the *Arthaśāstra* and the *Kāmasūtra*. Keith referred to the agreements in form between these two works, as pointed out by Jacobi in his paper of 1911, and said, "It is very probable that the latter borrows from the former. But the similarity of the quotation of the same rare authorities Chārāyaṇa and Ghaṭa(ka)-mukha renders it very surprising that the authors should be separated by a period of six centuries as held by Jacobi who ascribes Vātsyāyana to the third century A.D."