HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Hindu Kush
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Ramayana
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Mahabharata
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Lawbook of Manu
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Mānavadharmaśāstra, also known as Manusmriti or the Laws of Manu, is a Sanskrit text belonging to the Dharmaśāstra literary tradition of Hinduism. Composed sometime between the 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE, the Manusmriti is written in sloka verses, containing two non-rhyming lines of 16 syllabus each.
Detailed explanation-2: -The History of Dharmashastra with subtitle Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India, is a monumental five-volume work consisting of around 6, 500 pages. It was written by Bharat Ratna Pandurang Vaman Kane, an Indologist. The first volume of the work was published in 1930 and the last one in 1962.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Manusmriti, or ‘The Laws of Manu’, is considered to be one of the most. authoritative texts in the Brahminical tradition which lays out social and civil. laws and codes of conduct which are necessary for the maintenance of dharma. It. prescribes the conduct for men and women of the four social classes or varnas –
Detailed explanation-4: -Manusmriti (MS) is an ancient legal text or ‘dharmashastra’ of Hinduism.