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 Wine in Ancient India.

I.

DHARMA SHASTRAS.

Ages and the Scriptures.

The Hindu Shastras are classed into :—


 * 1) Shruti, which includes the four Vedas.
 * 2) Smriti, the work on social and family duties.
 * 3) Purans.
 * 4) Tantras.

The great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are included in the Hindu Scriptures, and works Artha Shastra of Kautilya and Kama Sutra of Vatsayana, though not truly Dharma-shastras are works on social domestic and political duties of men.

Ayur-Veda or science of life, deals in health and medicine, which forms a part of Atharva-veda is also included here.

Buddhism originated from Hindu philosophy, and later Hinduism is much indebted to this cult, so is its precepts too are hurriedly glanced.