Science of Understanding Ancient Indian Social Institutions

Abstract

Many older and contemporary scholars of oriental studies have made attempts towards constructing a picture of the ancient Indian social organization and institutions from various point of views such as philosophical, ethical, economical and psychological. These researches and studies have proved that Indian thinkers did carry systemized speculations in the realm of social organizations. This paper has been written with the object of explaining the scientific methods and encouraging their application to the social aspects of ancient Indian life.