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Today, the plaintiff is expected to provide evidence in court. Jurists in ancient India saw the issue as more complex—the ...

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Some people still speak of the Laws of Manu as an ancient authority dating from the eighth century B.C.; others would hesitate to assign that compilation in its present form to an ante-Christian era.

In ancient India, time was referred ... Seventy-one chaturyugas comprise a manvantara—a period of 306,720,000 years during which one person holds the post of Manu. The units extend to the ...