ABSTRACT
Tns punishment of criminals and the proper administration of laws are foundations on which all civilised societies are built, and we find a true appreciation of laws in some passages in the Brahrnana literature: II Law is the kshatra (power) of the Kshatra, therefore there is nothing higher than the law. Thenceforth even a weak man rules a stronger with the help of the law as with the help of a king. Thus the law is what is called the true. And if a man declares what is true, they say he declares the law ; and if he declares the law, they say he declares what is true. Thus both are the same " (Brihaddran)!aka, I, 4, 14)· No nobler definition of law has been discovered by all the jurists in the world.
