[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.c22.8 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c22.8 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c22.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.8) Vide also Chān. Up. V. 13. 2 and Bṛ. Up. VI. 2. 7 for references to dāsīs. These passages show that in the Vedic period men and women had become the subjects of gifts and so were in the condition of slaves. - [Previous: v2.c22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.7) - [Next: v2.c22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.9) - [Up: v2.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22) ## Cites (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.5.13.2) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.6.2.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c22.8) · Pramāṇa