The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s7.9

c11.s7.9

As Breloer has been attempting an analytical and objective excavation into the *Arthaśāstra* and allied works from far and near it should perhaps be deemed reasonable to try to discover the theories of the Hindu state and society on the basis of the new facts that are being unearthed. In the mean time it is not prudent to make uncritical use of the ready-made theories of the last generation of indologists, for they may need to be modified in the light of the new data.