A Dharma Reader, Classical Indian Law by Olivelle, Patrick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series Page Title Page Copyright Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Nature and Epistemology of Law

Chapter 1. Early Thinkers

1. Apastamba (Late Third Century B.C.E.) 2. Patanjali (Mid-Second Century B.C.E.)

Chapter 2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma

1. Gautama (Late Second Century B.C.E.) 2. Baudhayana (Early First Century B.C.E.) 3. Vasistha (Late First Century B.C.E.)

Chapter 3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (First–Second Century C.E.) Chapter 4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.) Chapter 5. Developments After Manu

1. Yajnavalkya (Fourth–Fifth Century C.E.) 2. Vishnu (Seventh Century C.E.) 3. Parasara (Seventh–Eighth Century C.E.)

Chapter 6. The School of Vedic Exegesis

1. Sabara (Fifth Century C.E.) 2. Kumarila (Seventh Century C.E.)

Chapter 7. Early Commentators

1. Bharuci (Seventh Century C.E.) 2. Visvarupa (Early Ninth Century C.E.) 3. Medhatithi (Second Half of the Ninth Century C.E.)

Chapter 8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers

1. Commentators of Manu

Govindaraja (Eleventh–Twelfth Century C.E.) Nandana Kulluka (Fourteenth Century C.E.)

2. Commentators of Yajnavalkya

Vijnanesvara (fl. 1100–1125 C.E.) Apararka (First Half of the Twelfth Century C.E.)

3. Legal Digests: Nibandhas

Devanna Bhatta (Circa 1200 C.E.)

Part II: Courts of Law and Legal Procedure

Chapter 9. The Beginnings

1. Apastamba 2. Gautama 3. Baudhayana 4. Vasistha

Chapter 10. The Early Theorists

1. Kautilya 2. Manu

Chapter 11. The Mature Phase

1. Yajnavalkya 2. Narada (Fifth–Sixth Century C.E.)

Chapter 12. Early Commentators

1. Bharuci 2. Medhatithi

Chapter 13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers

1. Vijnanesvara 2. Devanna Bhatta

Notes Glossary Bibliography Index