The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c5.s6.4

c5.s6.4

Leaving the question about the relations between *dharma* and *artha*, *dharmaśāstra* and *arthaśāstra*, Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas open, we notice at any rate that Masson-Oursel has caught the real spirit of Hindu states, namely, that they were at bottom conducted by *motifs utilitaires*. The "positivism" or non-religious and secular character of Hindu politics has been grasped by him in a distinct manner.