[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.c19.238 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.238 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.238 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.238) \*Kaivarta.\* In the Assam valley kaibartta is a scheduled caste. Vide under antyaja (p. 70) above. Medhātithi on Manu X. 4 says that this is a mixed caste. Manu X. 34 tells us that the inhabitants of Āryāvarta employ the name kaivarta to denote the offspring of a niṣāda from an āyogava woman, who is also called mārgava and dāsa (dāśa?) and who subsists by plying boats. Śaṁkara on Vedāntasūtra II. 3. 43 says that dāśa and kaivarta are the same. Fick p. 302 notes that fishermen who work with nets and baskets were called in the Jātakas \*kevaṭṭa\*. - [Previous: v2.c19.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.237) - [Next: v2.c19.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.239) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.4) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.238) · Pramāṇa