Code of Gentoo Laws; Or, Ordinations of the Pundits - From a Persian Translation, Made From Original, Written in Shanscrit

Klappentext Published in 1776, this translation of the Hindu legal code served to make it understandable to British authorities in India. Zusammenfassung First published in 1776! this English translation of the Hindu legal code was prepared by an employee of the East India Company. Its purpose was to make the code understandable to British authorities! and to show them that it was fully adequate for application in the Bengal region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Letter from Warren Hastings; Letter to the Chairman of the Court of Directors; Translator's preface; Preface; 1. Of lending and borrowing; 2. Of the division of inheritable property; 3. Of justice; 4. Of trust or deposit; 5. Of selling a stranger's property; 6. Of shares; 7. Of gift; 8. Of servitude; 9. Of wages; 10. Of rent and hire; 11. Of purchase and sale; 12. Of boundaries and limits; 13. Of shares in the cultivation of lands; 14. Of cities and towns, and of the fines for damaging a crop; 15. Of scandalous and bitter expressions; 16. Of assault; 17. Of theft; 18. Of violence; 19. Of adultery; 20. Of what concerns women; 21. Of sundry articles.

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• Authors: Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781108056373
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05637-3
• No. of pages: 478
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Legal History, India, Legal History, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India