[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.c64.642 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.642 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.642 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.642](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.642) Codification of Hindu Law, objections to, considered 820-823. Coins, examiner of 144; fines in relation to 253; weights of Indian, varied at different times and in different countries 121n. Colebrooke 447n, 575n, 688, 878. Comet, appearance of, portends impending calamity 916-17. Commander-in-chief 127; must be a kṣatriya or a brāhmaṇa 127; qualifications of 127. Commentators generally embody pre-existing customs of their countries 729n. Commerce, duties of superintendent of 145. Compact series of heirs 731. Concubine, right of, to maintenance 763, 811-815. Confiscation, of all property as punishment 404; for perjury and for judges taking bribes 532; for rape 535; tools of trade or craft not to be seized when c. ordered 404. - [Previous: v4.c64.641](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.641) - [Next: v4.c64.643](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.643) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.642](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.642) · Pramāṇa