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Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times.  From very ancient times '''''Truth''''' is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.12) says    <blockquote>सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत् ॥१२॥</blockquote><blockquote>''"True  speech and false speech run a race against each other. Soma protects out of the two what is true and what is very straight-forward and strikes down what is false."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:     

Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times.  From very ancient times '''''Truth''''' is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.12) says    <blockquote>सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत् ॥१२॥</blockquote><blockquote>''"True  speech and false speech run a race against each other. Soma protects out of the two what is true and what is very straight-forward and strikes down what is false."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:     

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* Varna dharma (four classes)

* [Varna dharma (four classes)]

* Ashramas (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)Dharmas

* Ashramas (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)Dharmas

* Samskaras (performed on an individual)

* Samskaras (performed on an individual)