[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v1.c5.142 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.142 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.142 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.142) He is first of the three great Bengal writers on dharmaśāstra - only three works known, Kālaviveka, Vyavahāramātṛkā and Dāyabhāga - these three parts of a projected digest called Dharmaratna - object and contents of Kālaviveka - works quoted in Kālaviveka - profound study of Pūrvamīmāṁsā displayed therein - contents of Vyavahāra-mātṛkā - works quoted in it - Dāyabhāga most famous of his works and of paramount authority in Bengal on Hindu Law - contents of Dāyabhāga - doctrines peculiar to Dāyabhāga - authors and works named in the Dāyabhāga - personal history of Jīmūtavāhana - his date - divergent views - literary activity lies between 1090-1130 A. D. - Did Jīmūtavāhana know the Mitākṣarā? - [Previous: v1.c5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.141) - [Next: v1.c5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.143) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.142) · Pramāṇa