[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.c6.s19.1 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s19.1 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s19.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.1) The two epics, particularly the Mahābhārata, contain in numerous places passages bearing on dharmaśāstra and are relied upon as authoritative Smṛtis in later works. The Mahābhārata is styled a dharmaśāstra in the Ādiparva (2. 83). - [Previous: v1.c6.s18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s18.62) - [Next: v1.c6.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.2) - [Up: v1.c6.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.1) · Pramāṇa