History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.1

v1.c6.s16.1

It will be proper to say a few words about some other sūtra works on dharma thar are only available in mss. or are to be reconstructed from quotations in the digests. It is by no means to be supposed that these works that will be spoken of here were composed as early as those of Gautama, Āpastamba and others or were composed before the extant Manu and Yājñavalkya. But as the chronology of all ancient works on dharma is somewhat in a nebulous state, it is best to treat here of all works written in the sūtra style, even though in individual cases they may really belong to a later age than the works composed entirely in verse. They will be taken up in alphabetical order (Sanskrit).