A Treatise on Dharma

by Yājñavalkya

A new English translation of the most influential legal text in medieval India.

A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of dharmaśāstra--texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the duties of rulers--that informed Indian life for a thousand years. It illuminates major cultural innovations, such as the prominence of documents in commercial and legal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674277066
• ISBN13: 9780674277069
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"