History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.98
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.98
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Dharmaśāstra literature falls into three periods, the first from 600 B. C. to 100 A. D. being the period of the dharmasūtras and of the Manusmṛti, the 2nd from 100 A. D. to 800 A. D. of Yājñavalkya and other smṛtis and third from 700 to 1800 of commentators and authors of digests - first part of this last period contains commentaries - digests written from 11th century - no hard and fast line between commentaries and digests - these to be treated of in chronological order as far as possible.