[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.c22.26 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c22.26 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c22.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.26) Kauṭilya declared that the heirs to the wealth of a slave are his relatives and if none of them exist then the master, while Kātyāyana⁴³⁵ says that the only wealth that the slave can call his own is the price he received for selling himself or what the master gave as a gift through favour. - [Previous: v2.c22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.25) - [Next: v2.c22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.27) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.26) · Pramāṇa