[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.c64.1102 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1102 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1102 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.1102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.1102) Law, equality of all people before 819; differential treatment before l. allowed only in exceptional cases and had gone out of vogue at least from 12th century 398n; favours minors 328; rule of, was the ideal of smṛtis 398n, 819; helps the vigilant 465n; sources from which the king was to find the l. 100; taking the l. into one's own hands punishable 388, 408; two schools of Hindu 544. - [Previous: v4.c64.1101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.1101) - [Next: v4.c64.1103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.1103) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.1102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.1102) · Pramāṇa