[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.c91.348 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.348 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.348 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.348) Not only Dharmaśāstras but also great poets like Kālidāsa emphasized the supreme importance of the householder's stage to society. In the Raghuvamśa¹⁶⁵⁶ (V. 10) king Raghu says to a learned brāhmaṇa student 'it is now time for you to pass on to the second stage of life that is capable of being useful to (men of) other āśramas'. In the Śākuntala also Kālidāsa harps on the same idea. - [Previous: v7.c91.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.347) - [Next: v7.c91.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.349) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Cites (2) - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa.5.10) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.348) · Pramāṇa