The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s1.9

c13.s1.9

In order to make the list of sources for Hindu positivism complete we should have to add to these six groups of literature, first, the *belles lettres*, stories, legends, etc., and secondly, denominational works like those of the Buddhists and Jainas. The literature contained in the Indian vernaculars, especially of the North can hardly demand recognition at this stage.³ For all practical purposes the provincial languages like Bengali, Hindi etc. grew into important dimensions after the thirteenth century. But so far as the South Indian Tamil is concerned, the literature was important enough to be discussed for the age of the Guptas. For the period from the Vardhanas to the Cholas Tamil inscriptions and books constitute of course a substantial guide to Hindu positivism.