[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) › v7.c83.30 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c83.30 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c83.30 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c83.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83.30) But we have come to base caste on birth though some of our leading writers have held that it is not birth or learning but conduct alone that constitutes its basis; for \*dvijatva\*, - [Previous: v7.c83.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83.29) - [Next: v7.c83.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83.31) - [Up: v7.c83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c83.30) · Pramāṇa