[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.c19.293 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.293 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.293 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.293) \*Puṇḍra\* or \*Pauṇḍraka.\* Frequently mentioned in the Mahābhārata among non-Aryan tribes e. g. Droṇa 93. 44, Āśvamedhika 29. 15-16. Medhātithi on Manu X. 44 remarks that the Pauṇḍrakas are spoken of as kṣatriyas in the Mahābhārata, so a man may be misled into thinking that even in the days of Medhātithi they were still kṣatriyas (but they were not so). - [Previous: v2.c19.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.292) - [Next: v2.c19.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.294) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.93) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.293) · Pramāṇa