The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.15

c13.s6.15

The *Dharmaśāstras*, especially the *Nāradīya* and the *Bhārgavīya* are referred to in the inscription (in Cham) of Jaya Indravarman VII (1180-1190). These and other inscriptions of Champā may indeed be regarded for certain purposes as exquisite and concrete illustrations (some of them in fine Sanskrit verse) of the principles or theories adumbrated in the texts of political philosophy created on Indian soil.