[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.c91.96 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.96 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.96 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.96) ¹⁵¹¹ Vide his eloquent Intro to S. B. E. vol. XI p. 142 'Never in the history of the world had a scheme of salvation been put forth so simple in its nature, so free from any superhuman agency, so independent of, so even antagonistic to the belief in a soul, the belief in God, the hope for a future life. Buddha put forth deliberately the doctrine of a salvation to be found here in this life in an inward change of heart to be brought about by perseverance in a mere system of self-culture and of self-control. That system is called the Noble Eight-fold Path' - [Previous: v7.c91.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.95) - [Next: v7.c91.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.97) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.96) · Pramāṇa