An ancient Hindu legal text that preserves and explains the rules of dharma (righteous duty) and proper conduct for different social classes.
From Sanskrit dharma (duty, law) + smriti (that which is remembered, tradition). These texts were oral traditions eventually written down to codify Hindu legal and moral principles.
Dharmasmritis were India's original law books, written centuries before most Western legal codes existed. They show how ancient societies used religious and philosophical texts to govern behavior across entire civilizations.
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