[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.c5.22 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.22 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.22) Baudhāyana, Āpastamba and Vasiṣṭha quote Hārīta as an authority - Mr. Islampurkar secured a ms. of Hārīta-dharmasūtra at Nasik in 30 chapters - contents of that ms. - its relation to Maitrāyaṇīyasaṁhitā - it mentions the Kaśmīrian word "Kaphella" -- quotations in commentaries and digests show that Hārīta dealt exhaustively with the same topics that are found in other dharmasūtras - Kumārila mentions Hārīta as dharmaśāstrakāra but does not assign him to any particular caraṇa as he does Āpastamba and others-notable doctrines of Hārīta - mentions worship of Gaṇeśa - Hārīta's verses on vyavahāra quoted in nibandhas are later than the sūtra - Laghu Hārīta and Vṛddha Hārīta - latter in verse is later than Yājñavalkya, Nārada and Kātyāyana. - [Previous: v1.c5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.21) - [Next: v1.c5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.23) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.22) · Pramāṇa