[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914) › c7.s3.2 # The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s3.2 The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3.2) The political stories of the \*Purāṇas\*, the \*Mahābhārata\* and the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* have, among other things, the exploits of the pioneers of the period from c 2500 to 600 B.C. as their themes. The tradition of the Vedic \*aśwamedha\* (horse-killing) sacrifice was preserved in the \*Mahābhārata\* as elsewhere; and in the political ideas associated with this sacrifice the \*Nīti\*, \*Artha\*, and \*Dharma\* literature served but to carry forward the messages of the \*Yajurveda\*-\*Mahābhārata\* complex.⁶ - [Previous: c7.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3.1) - [Next: c7.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3.3) - [Up: c7.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c7.s3.2) · Pramāṇa