[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.c5.78 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.78 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.78 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.78) Quotations from Pitāmaha occur mostly on vyavahāra, particularly ordeals – he treats of nine ordeals – 50 \*chalas\* enumerated by Pitāmaha in which king took action without a complaint – views peculiar to Pitāmaha, viz. 18 lowest castes, eight constituents of hall of justice, &c. – mentions Bṛhaspati – flourished between 400-700 A. D. - [Previous: v1.c5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.77) - [Next: v1.c5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.79) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Pitāmahasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.pitamaha) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.78) · Pramāṇa