The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s1.8

c13.s1.8

The same is to be said of the *Rāmāyaṇa* also. The following *Kāṇḍas* (Cantos) of the *Rāmāyaṇa* have been utilized by Bhaṭṭāchārya as documents of political thought: 1. *Ādi*, 2. *Ayodhyā*, 3. *Araṇya*, 4. *Kiṣkindhyā*, 5. *Sundara*, 6. *Laṅkā*, 7. *Uttarā*. Naturally, therefore, for the period from Harṣa to Hemādri the two epics are invaluable as sources of *nīti* philosophy.