[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.c23.220 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.220 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.220 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.220) ⁵⁴¹ For a comprehensive treatment of the way in which names were given from Vedic times onwards, my paper 'Naming a child or a person' in the 'Indian Historical Quarterly' for 1938, vol. 14, pp. 24-44 may be consulted. A summary of the points made in that paper is given below together with some fresh matter. - [Previous: v2.c23.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.219) - [Next: v2.c23.221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.221) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.220) · Pramāṇa