The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.11

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c13.s6.11

Another inscription of his shows familiarity with the *Rāmāyaṇa*. Familiarity with the ideology of the *Manu Samhitā* can be seen in the inscriptions of Vikrāntavarman II (710-730), Indravarman I. (799), Indravarman II. (875) The atmosphere is throughout one of the promotion of *dharma* (law and duty) as the function of the king who is "a god in human form."

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Linked texts (2)

Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit