[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.c62.9 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.9 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.9 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.9) 59-60) remarks that one should learn from śāstra what are good and evil actions, give up evil deeds and perform good ones and that the king is hence declared to be the cause of (good or evil) times according as he does good or evil acts. Śukra IV. 1. 60 states that the king is the prompter of his age. - [Previous: v4.c62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.8) - [Next: v4.c62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.10) - [Up: v4.c62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62) ## Cites (1) - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.9) · Pramāṇa