The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s1.5

c13.s1.5

The tenacity of the Pauranic tradition in modern times, so far as political thought is concerned, may be seen to some extent in a recent work in Bengali. The *Agni Purāṇa* has been utilized by Madhusudan Bhattāchārya for his Ratnamāla, Vol. I. (*Hindu Rājanīti*, Calcutta 1904, 1909). It is a book of Bengali translations with original Sanskrit texts as footnotes. Incidentally be it observed that he has made use of the *Kāśī-Khaṇḍa*, the *Devī Bhāgavata*, the *Śrīmad Bhāgavata* and the *Gītā* as well. As containing very often whole treatises on *dharma*, *nīti* and *vārttā* these *Purāṇas* and *Upa-Purāṇas* are valuable documents of positivism for the seven hundred years in question.