Patrick OlivellePatrick Olivelle has been Chair of both the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas. He has edited and translated seven early treatises on Indian law, incluing the Laws of Manu and the legal treatise of Yājñāvalkya. As the author of over thirty books, his works have won awards from the Association for Asian Studies and the American Academy of Religion. Read More Read Less