The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t1.1

c14.s9.t1.1

Chaṇḍeśvara's *Rājanīti-ratnākara* (Ocean of Politics) is a virtually dated treatise. It can be confidently placed in the fourteenth century. Hence its unusual importance in the history of Hindu thought. Moreover, it is one of the first writings of the Hindus in the period of early Moslem rule. As such, the treatise should be valuable as a document of Hindu reactions to the conditions of political and social life.