Prepuranic Hindu Society before 200 A.D.

Rajendra Chandra Hazra

Prepuranic Hindu Society before 200 A.D.

Vol. 15 · No. 3September - 1939pp. 404–431English

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“The analysis of the extant Purinas,’ which have lost their traditional character of ‘pafica-laksana’ and grown up to be encyclopadic works by incorporating chapters nut only ૦1 religi- ous and soctal matters but also on law, politics. poctics, grammar, medicine, music, dancing and sculpture, show that they began to incorporate Smrti-matter from about 200 A.D.”

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Suttanipata, in one of its sections called Mahivagga
Gautama-dharmasitra, X, bg—tadarthe’sya nicayah syad
Cambridge History of India, vol. 1, p. 150
Cambridge History of India, vol. 1, p. 334
Dr. Hoernle in Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, vol. 1, P 264

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Vol. 15 · No. 3

345–372The DhammasanganiNalinaksha Dutt 373–388Some of the Fine Arts depicted by KalidasaBhagwat Saran Upadhya 389–402The Kingdom of Khotan under the MauryasH. C. Seth 404–431Prepuranic Hindu Society before 200 A.D.Rajendra Chandra HazraCurrent article 432–434Kalinga Style of ArchitectureDeva Prasad Ghosh 435–440A Note on the SabdanirnayaMakhanlal Mukherji 441–453The Doctrine of SabdabrahmanGauri Nath Shastri 454–463Sanskrit Poetess RamabaiJ. B. Chaudhari 464–470Who were the Patḍḳyas of Madura?Kalipada Mitra 470–472Note on Vryala as the Greek kingly titleH. C. Seth 472–474The Home of SubandhuMano Mohan Ghosh 475–476Ancient SarabhapuraL. P. Pandeya Sharma 477–493ReviewsDeva Prasad Ghosh 494–502Select Contents of Oriental Journals 503–506Bibliographical Notes

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