History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c14: Chronological Table
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c14
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Chronological Table
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( of important works and authors referred to in this volume )
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N. B.—Some dates, particularly of ancient works, are conjectural and only tentative.
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4000 B. C.-1000 B. C.—The period of the Vedic Saṁhitās, Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads. It is possible that some hymns may go back to a period even earlier than 4000 B. C. and that some Upaniṣads ( even out of those that are regarded as the principal and the earliest ones ) are later than 1000 B. C.
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800 B. C.—500 B. C.—The Nirukta.
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800 B. C.—400 B. C.—The principal śrauta sūtras (of Āpastamba, Āśvalāyana, Baudhāyana, Kātyāyana, Śāṅkhyāyana, Lāṭyāyana, Drāhyāyaṇa, Satyāṣāḍha ) and some of the gṛhya sūtras ( Āśvalāyana, Āpastamba &c. ).
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600 B. C.—300 B. C.—The dharmasūtras of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, Vasiṣṭha and the Gṛhyasūtras of Pāraskara, Baudhāyana and some others.
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600 B. C.—300 B. C.—Pāṇini.
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500 B. C.—200 B. C.—Jaimini's Pūrvamīmāṁsā-sūtra.
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300 B. C.—100 A. D.—Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra
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150 B. C. —Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali.
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200 B. C.—200 A. D.—Manusmṛti.
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100 A. D.—300 A. D.—Yājñavalkya-smṛti.
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100 A. D.—300 A. D.—Viṣṇudharmasūtra.
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100 A. D.—400 A. D.—Nāradasmṛti.
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200 A. D.—500 A. D.—Vaikhānasa-smārtasūtra.
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200 A. D.—500 A. D.—Śabara, com. of Jaimini.
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300 A. D.—500 A. D.—Bṛhaspatismṛti ( not yet found ).
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300 A. D.—600 A. D.—Some of the extant purāṇas viz. Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Mārkaṇḍeya, Kūrma, Matsya.
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400 A. D.—600 A. D.—Kātyāyanasmṛti ( not yet found ).
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505 A. D.—587 A. D.—Varāha-mihira, author of Bṛhatsaṁhitā.
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650 A. D.—750 A. D.—Tantravārtika of Kumārila.
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788 A. D.—820 A. D.—Śaṁkarācārya, the great Advaita philosopher.
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600 A. D.—900 A. D.—Most of the other smṛtis and some of the purāṇas. 800 A. D.—850 A. D.—Viśvarūpa, com. of Yājñavalkya. 900 A. D. —Medhātithi, com. of Manu 1100 A. D. —Mitākṣarā of Vijñāneśvara. 1100 A. D.–1150 A. D.—Kalpataru of Lakṣmīdhara. 1100 A. D.–1150 A. D.—Jīmūtavāhana. 1125 A. D. —Aparārka. 1150 A. D.–1200 A. D.—Smṛtyarthasāra. 1200 A. D.–1225 A. D.—Smṛticandrikā. 1150 A. D.–1300 A. D.—Haradatta. 1150 A. D.–1300 A. D.—Kullūka. 1260 A. D.–1270 A. D.—Hemādri's Caturvargacintāmaṇi. 1310 A. D.–1360 A. D.—Caṇḍeśvara, author of the Gṛhastharatnākara and other Ratnākaras. 1300 A. D.–1380 A. D.—Mādhavācārya, author of Parāśara-Mādhavīya. 1360 A. D.–1390 A. D.—Madanapārijāta. 1425 A. D.–1450 A. D.—Madanaratna. 1520 A. D.–1570 A. D.—Raghunandana. 1610 A. D.–1640 A. D.—Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, author of Nirṇayasindhu and Śūdrakamalākara. 1615 A. D.–1645 A. D.—Nīlakaṇṭha, author of Saṁskāra-mayūkha and other Mayūkhas. 1610 A. D.–1640 A. D.—Mitra Miśra, author of Vīramitrodaya. 1650 A. D.–1680 A. D.—Anantadeva, author of Saṁskāra-kaustubha. About 1686 A. D.—Smṛtimuktāphala of Vaidyanātha. 1700 A. D.–1750 A. D.—Nāgojibhaṭṭa. 1750 A. D.–1820 A. D.—Bālambhaṭṭa, author of Bālambhaṭṭī. 1790 A. D. —Dharmasindhu (of Kāśīnātha).
Linked texts (58)
- Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āpastambaśrautasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Drāhyāyaṇaśrautasūtra — Drāhyāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- Lāṭyāyanaśrautasūtra — Lāṭyāyana, Sanskrit
- Mīmāṃsāsūtra — Jaimini, Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanadharmasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āpastambadharmasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Bṛhaspatismṛti — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtra — Gobhila, Sanskrit
- Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- Kātyāyanasmṛti — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit
- Nāradasmṛti — Nārada, Sanskrit
- Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra — Pāraskara, Sanskrit
- Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra — Vikhanas, Sanskrit
- Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit
- Āpastambagṛhyasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Vīramitrodaya — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit
- Tantravārttika — Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Brāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Purāṇa — Sanskrit
- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Upaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Hāritadharmasūtra — Hārīta, Sanskrit
- Kaṇvasmṛti — Kaṇva, Sanskrit
- Saṃhitā
- Ratnākara — Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Caturvargacintāmaṇi — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- Gṛhastharatnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- Madanaratna — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit
- Śūdrakamalākara — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā (Āpadeva) — Āpadeva 1600, Sanskrit
- Nirṇayasindhu — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
- Dharmasindhu — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit
- Madanapārijāta — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Dāyabhāga — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit
- Smṛtimuktāphala — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit
- Smṛtyarthasāra — Śrīdhara (Smṛtyarthasāra), Sanskrit
- Smṛtitattva — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārakaustubha — Anantadeva 1625, Sanskrit