The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c15.s2.36

c15.s2.36

While it is possible to discover the constants in every culture-zone, Indian and extra-Indian, and explain them also to a certain extent on the basis of "social residues" the fact of the variables must not be minimised or overlooked. For instance, beneath or above these unities and uniformities of Hindu culture are to be found the varieties and diversities which are the characteristic products of particular epochs and areas. A close study of the political maxims embodied in the various branches of Hindu literature is calculated to yield not only a history of the development of polity and political speculation in India through the ages, but also a record of the varying geographical or regional and racial influences bearing upon it.