Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Nature and Epistemology of Law
7. 1. Early Thinkers 49
8. 2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma 59
9. 3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (first-Second Century C.E.) 69
10. 4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.) 73
11. 5. Developments After Manu 81
12. 6. The School of Vedic Exegesis 88
13. 7. Early Commentators 105
14. 8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers 140
15. Part II: Courts of Law and Legal Procedure
16. 9. The Beginnings 181
17. 10. The Early Theorists 189
18. 11. The Mature Phase 209
19. 12. Early Commentators 233
20. 13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers 242
21. Notes 335
22. Glossary 389
23. Bibliography 395
24. Index 405