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- ...whatever its historical status, however, most scholars today agree that it took on unprecedented status as an "applied" legal document only under early British rule' . when Sir William Jones, who was a judge of the Supreme Court of Bengal appointed by the Crown, threw his weight behind Manu Smriti as the Institutes of Hindu Law , Manu smriti acquired a status disproportionate to its actual stature in India in terms of people's awareness and acceptance of it in contrast to customs. (en)
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