[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.c19.353 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.353 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.353 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.353) \*Śaka\*. Manu (X. 43-44) mentions Śakas along with Yavanas and others as originally kṣatriyas reduced to the state of śūdras. Vide note on Yavana (p. 92) above. They are mentioned in the Mahābhārata along with Yavana and other non-Aryan tribes. Vide Sabhā 32. 16–17, 51. 23, Udyoga (4. 15; 19. 21; 160. 103), Bhīṣma (20. 13), Droṇa (121. 13). Śaka occurs in the kambojādigaṇa (Pāṇ. IV. 1. 175). Vide note 200. - [Previous: v2.c19.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.352) - [Next: v2.c19.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.354) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (3) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.4.1.175) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.43) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.32.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.353) · Pramāṇa