[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.c18.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.3) A glance at the above list will convince anyone how the conception of dharma was a far-reaching one, how it embraced the whole life of man. The writers on dharmaśāstra meant by \*dharma\* not a creed or religion but a mode of life or a code of conduct, which regulated a man's work and activities as a member of society and as an individual and was intended to bring about the gradual development of a man and to enable him to reach what was deemed to be the goal of human existence. - [Previous: v2.c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.2) - [Next: v2.c18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.4) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.3) · Pramāṇa