Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Sources of the Dharma-Sāstras of Manu and Yajnavalkya After a careful examination of the texts of the Dharma sastras of Mann and Yajfiavalkya, and a comparison of them with each other and with the various works, two theories have presented themselves to me with regard to their origin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.