The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s3.t4.1

c13.s3.t4.1

The eleventh and twelfth centuries were important in political speculation as in legal discussions. Certain authors were exponents of law and politics at the same time. The Jaina scholar Hemachandra's *Laghu Arhannīti* is, like *Śukranīti*, a comprehensive treatise although within a small compass. Then we have Lakṣmīdhara²¹ (c 1100-1160) who wrote a substantial section on *Rājanīti-Kalpataru* in his great work, *Smriti-Kalpataru*. He was the foreign minister of King Govindachandra of Kanauj (1105-43) and was a powerful statesman.