[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) › v2.c15.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c15.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c15.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15.2) Topics of dharmaśāstra. Various divisions of \*dharma\*. Dharmas common to all (sādhāraṇa-dharma). Truth, love, charity, self-restraint. Standard of moral values. Four puruṣārthas (goals of human existence) and their gradation. Limits of Āryāvarta. Bharatavarṣa. - [Previous: v2.c15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15.1) - [Next: v2.c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15.3) - [Up: v2.c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c15.2) · Pramāṇa