[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.c19.100 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.100 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.100 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.100) ¹²⁰ That this theory of four varṇas was well-known to Buddhist literary works is shown by Fick chap. II. p. 17 (the only difference being that in the Buddhist works the kṣatriya is put first and the brāhmaṇa after him). - [Previous: v2.c19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.99) - [Next: v2.c19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.101) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.100) · Pramāṇa