[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) › v3.c40.71 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.71 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.71 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c40.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.71) ¹⁸⁵⁸ Vide Hopkins’ fine tribute to the doctrine of ‘\*ahiṁsā\*’ in ‘Ethics of India’ pp. 227-232. Dr. MacKenzie (‘Hindu Ethics’ p. 113) thinks, not quite rightly, that the doctrine of \*ahiṁsā\* was greatly influenced by the ideas of \*karma\* and transmigration. - [Previous: v3.c40.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.70) - [Next: v3.c40.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.72) - [Up: v3.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.71) · Pramāṇa