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has thousands of villages. In all these places there law code mentioned anywhere. Almost all the
were elected sabhas, parishads, and ganas for evils that are noticed now were anticipated and
self-administrations on the principles of Manus. provisions made for preventing them and so there
It is unfortunate that our constitution of India is a need to recall the new constituent assembly
does not even have one reference to the word and amend it. This will make India the land of
“Dharma” and nor is nearly 4000 years of tested Indians.
Dr Ramachandran Nagaswamy, a Padma Bhushan awardee, an Indian
historian, archaeologist and epigraphist who is known for his work on
temple inscriptions and art history of Tamil Nadu. He served as the
founder-Director of the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department.
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