Subjugated Territory - Hindu Law

ANECDOTAL ..... How subjugated people are to be treated ? - HINDU LAW

"342. Of a newly subjugated territory, the monarch shall preserve the social and religious usages, also the judicial system and the state of classes as they already obtain.[31]"

EXCERPT FROM
Yájnavalkya. “Hindu Law and Judicature / from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya.” iBooks.

STRICTLY  NO RELIGIOUS CONVERSION, NO TAMPERING WITH THE ORIGINAL/EXISTING SOCIAL STRUCTURE. NO new laws imposed by the conqueror. Let us be aware of such NOBLE  values, upheld through laws, by our ancestors !!!!!

Anecdotal - Yajnavalkaya -Hindu Law

ANECDOTAL......

The following order is reversed in the modern age.

"116. [Men] are to be honoured in the gradation following,—in respect of learning, conduct, years, family, property. Even a Śúdrá, if he excel in these respects, is in old age worthy of honour. (P 19 of 143)

EXCERPT FROM
Yájnavalkya. “Hindu Law and Judicature / from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya.” iBooks.