[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.c19.136 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.136 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.136 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.136) There was great diversity of opinion among the smṛtikāras about the derivation and status of the several subcastes. We find that the same sub-caste is known under five or six different names even so early as the present Manusmṛti. - [Previous: v2.c19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.135) - [Next: v2.c19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.137) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.136) · Pramāṇa