The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c14.s3.10

c14.s3.10

Thus has the "historical school" of criticism established in Eur-America a distinction between the face-value of the political shibboleths and their real worth. But as yet, in spite of a legitimate presumption, there is not much rational ground for scientific scepticism in regard to the tenets of the political *sâstras* of India. Because, facts about the institutional environment of the Hindus can be gleaned only inadequately from indigenous sources. Nor do the contemporary accounts of Greek, Roman and Chinese writers on India afford much help in this direction.