Secularisation and Theologisation

The formation of Hindu law has been chronicled by historians and others as a complex process involving the negation of customary law and the upholding of sacred texts, upon which codes of law were formulated. This paper seeks to interrogate the truth behind this narrative by examining the category o...

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Main Author: Srikantan, Geetanjali (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-95
Further subjects:B Hindu Law Henry Maine secularisation colonialism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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