Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 4: EARLY SOCIETIES IN SOUTH ASIA

Internet Activities: The Lawbook of Manu

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/manu-full.html

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Browse through the laws of the Lawbook of Manu. What are the particular points of emphasis in this legal code? How is it similar to the Code of Hammurabi? How is it different? What do these laws tell us about the society from which it emerged?
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