[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.c91.199 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.199 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.199 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.199) ¹⁵⁸¹ Pulkasas and Śvapākas were degraded and untouchable castes Vide H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 88-89 for Pulkasa and p. 97 for Śvapāka (lit. who subsists on dog-meat). Pulkasa occurs in Vāj. S. 30. 17. Kirātas are assigned to caves in Vāj. S. 30. 16 The Ābhīras are described as dasyus and mlecchas in Mausala-parva 7. 46-63, they are said to have attacked Arjuna in Pañcanada when he was taking women with him after Kṛṣṇa's passing away and to have carried away Vṛṣṇi women (Mausala 8. 16-17) Vide also the same account in Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 38 12-28 Matsya 273 18 speaks of ten Ābhīra kings. The Khasa tribe had the custom of a brother marrying his deceased brother's widow. Vide H of Dh vol. III. p 861 n 1671. - [Previous: v7.c91.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.198) - [Next: v7.c91.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.200) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Cites (4) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.16.7.46) — Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.273.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.38.12) — Sanskrit - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.199) · Pramāṇa