[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.c19.245 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.245 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.245 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.245) \*Gopa.\* Vide note 184. He is the modern Gavḷī and a śūdra subcaste. Yāj. II. 48 says that debts contracted by gopa wives must be paid by their husbands as the latter's profession and earnings depend upon them. The Kāmasūtra (I. 5. 37) mentions a caste called Gopālaka. - [Previous: v2.c19.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.244) - [Next: v2.c19.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.246) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.48) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.37) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.245) · Pramāṇa