[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.c5.64 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.64 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.64 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.64) Rāmāyaṇa is relied upon as a source of dharma though less frequently than the Mahābhārata - Ayodhyākāṇḍa and Matsyakāṇḍa contain disquisitions on politics - age of the epics a different problem more appropriate for a separate treatise - table in context of where dharmaśāstra topics occur in the Mahābhārata and the abhirāmāyaṇa. - [Previous: v1.c5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.63) - [Next: v1.c5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.65) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.64) · Pramāṇa