[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) › v4.c62.2.4 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.2.4 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.2.4 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c62.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.2.4) such as saptāṅga rājya (State with seven constituent elements), ṣāḍguṇya (the six ways of policy viz. alliance, declaration of war &c.), three \*śaktis\*, the four upāyas (sāma, dāna, bheda, daṇḍa), aṣṭavarga, and pañcavarga (Manu VII. 155), the 18 and 15 tīrthas (Sabhāparva 5.38)². For detailed information about the Rājasāstras of Bṛhaspati, Uśanas, Bhāradvāja culled from the Mahābhārata and other ancient works \*vide\* my paper on them in the Journal of the University of Bombay, vol. XI part 2 pp. 73-83, 1942. - [Previous: v4.c62.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.2.3) - [Next: v4.c62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.3) - [Up: v4.c62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.2.4) · Pramāṇa