[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.c19.95 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.95 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.95 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.95) (1) that in the earliest times about which we have literary records there were only two varṇas, the āryas and their opponents the \*dasyus\* or \*dāsas\*; that the difference between the two was based on difference of colour and culture and was thus more or less racial and cultural; - [Previous: v2.c19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.94) - [Next: v2.c19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.96) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.95) · Pramāṇa