A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.745

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155 P.V. Sharma places the Manusmṛti in the second century B.C. Compare on its date: G. Bühler's Intr. to his translation of the Laws of Manu; J.D.M. Derrett, HIL 5/I (1973): 31–32; Kane I.1, 327–349; A.B. Keith (1973): 441–442; Winternitz III, 486–490. P.V. Sharma (1970a: 20–21 and 50) points to resemblances concerning the stages of life (āśrama), the four ages (yuga) of the world, and the fourfold dharma, subjects dealt with in numerous texts on dharmaśāstra.