The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s5.1

c12.s5.1

Secularism, *le joie de vivre*, has been the one grand theme of Hindu *belles lettres*. Political incidents and movements were worked upon by all the leading poets and dramatists. Those who study Hindu poetry, drama, fables and stories do not require to read the *Dharma*, *Artha* or *Nitiśāstras* separately. The social philosophy of Kauṭalya and Manu is to be found in this creative literature in an artistic form.