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The module on Society State and Polity states, “Indian society is a duty-centred society”. What does this imply? |
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Answer» It implies that dharma is the overarching concept guiding the society (this is reflected in Aśoka’s Edicts, for instance). But dharma is not a simple “law” identical for everyone; there was, in theory at least, a dharma for every caste, a dharma for every stage of life, a very demanding dharma for the ruler (hence many royal inscriptions boasting of a “dharmic” rule), etc. |
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