[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.c19.288 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.288 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.288 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.288) \*Pahlava.\*—occurs in Manu (X. 43-44) as a kṣatriya caste reduced to the status of śūdra. Vide note on khaśa. The Mahābhārata several times mentions the Pahlavas, Pāradas and other non-Aryan people (vide Sabhā 32. 16-17, Udyoga 4. 15, Bhīṣma 20. 13). - [Previous: v2.c19.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.287) - [Next: v2.c19.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.289) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.4.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.288) · Pramāṇa