[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.c5.4 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.4 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.4) According to Gautama, Āpastamba, Vasiṣṭha, Manu, Yājñavalkya -- principal sources were Veda, smṛtis and custom - Vedas do not contain positive precepts on dharma, but give information incidentally - examples from Vedic literature suggesting dharmaśāstra rules. - [Previous: v1.c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.3) - [Next: v1.c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.5) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Āpastambadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.4) · Pramāṇa