The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.16

Language: English

c15.16

In the sixteenth century Abul Fazl, a Mohammedan minister of Akbar the Great, compiled an Imperial Gazetteer of India in Persian under the title of *Ayeen-i Akbari*³ (the "Institutes of Akbar"). He devoted certain sections of his book to Hindu laws (*Beyhar*, i. e. *vyavahâra*), and gave a summary of current political notions.

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