The Arthashastra, in all probability compiled around a hundred AD , and the Manusmriti (c. 100–300 AD) have been foundational treatises in India, and comprise texts thought-about authoritative legal steerage. Manu’s central philosophy was tolerance and pluralism, and was cited throughout Southeast Asia. During the Muslim conquests within the Indian subcontinent, sharia was established by the Muslim sultanates and empires, most notably Mughal Empire’s Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, compiled by emperor Aurangzeb and numerous scholars of Islam. [newline]In India, the Hindu legal tradition, together with Islamic law, have been both supplanted by common law when India grew to become a half of the …