The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s2.t7.1

c13.s2.t7.1

It is during this epoch that the great Bengali jurist Jīmūtavāhana (c 1150) flourished. His *Dharmaratna*, *Smriti* work, has a section on inheritance called *Dāyabhāga*, the code so dominant in Bengal. Two other sections are known, namely, *Kālaviveka* and *Vyavahāramātṛikā*. According to the *Dāyabhāga*, as is well known, the widow succeeds to her husband's interests on his death even if he be joint with his brother. His date has been placed between the eleventh and the sixteenth century.