[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.c20.70 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.70 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.70 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.70) Though it is said that a brāhmaṇa in distress may follow the occupation of a vaiśya, there were several restrictions imposed upon brāhmaṇas following the occupations of money-lending, agriculture, trade, and the rearing of cattle, which were prescribed as the privileged occupations of vaiśyas. - [Previous: v2.c20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.69) - [Next: v2.c20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.71) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.70) · Pramāṇa