[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) # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) (History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)) Chronology of dharmaśāstra authors and works; varṇa, saṃskāras, marriage, āśramas, ritual, state, law and procedure, inheritance, prāyaścitta, tīrthas, purāṇas, customs; exhaustive citations. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1880–1972 CE - **Author:** [P. V. Kane](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kane) - **Extent:** 40,595 passages, 2,477,522 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona 1930–1962: vol. I, II.1, II.2, III, IV, V.1, V.2… · In copyright (P. V. Kane †1972); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that copy,… ## Contents - [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1) — 9 parts - [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2) — 26 parts - [v3 Volume 3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3) — 21 parts - [v4 Volume 4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4) — 9 parts - [v5 Volume 5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5) — 11 parts - [v6 Volume 6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6) — 6 parts - [v7 Volume 7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7) — 17 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) · Pramāṇa