[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.c5.34 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.34 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.34 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.34) Uśanas wrote on politics, as Kauṭilīya shows - Mahābhārata (Śānti 56. 29-30) refers to work of Uśanas on politics - Nītiprakāśikā on Śukra as arranger of rājaśāstra - An Auśanasa dharmaśāstra in verse - contents - peculiar views of Uśanas about offspring of intercaste marriages - several verses common to Uśanas and Manu - names the views of numerous writers on dharma - Haradatta and Smṛticandrikā knew a work of Uśanas dealing with all branches of dharma - Uśanas smṛti in verse - verses of Uśanas on vyavahāra - Śukranītisāra edited by Oppert. - [Previous: v1.c5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.33) - [Next: v1.c5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.35) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.56.29) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.34) · Pramāṇa