[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.c64.571 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.571 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.571 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.571](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.571) Bharatavarṣa, aspirations to bring the whole of, under 'one umbrella' 137; dimensions of 67; is the first of the nine varṣas of Jambudvīpa 134, 935; is \*karmabhūmi\* (land of action) 134; king conquering whole of, is styled \*samrāṭ\* 67; Purāṇas wax eloquent over 137; regard for, as a unity from a religious point of view 137. - [Previous: v4.c64.570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.570) - [Next: v4.c64.572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.572) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.571](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.571) · Pramāṇa