CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
1 of some important works and authors referred to in this volume)
N. B._Some dates, particularly of aacient works, are more or less
conjectural.
4000 B. C. - 1000 B.O.– The period of the Vedic Samhitas,
Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads. Some hymns of the Rgveda, the Taittiriya Samhita and Brāhmaṇa and the Atharvaveda may possibly go back to a period earlier than even 4000 B. O, and some of the Upaniṣads (even from among those that are regarded as the earliest ones) may be later than
1000 B.C. 800 B. C. – 500 B, C, – The Nirukta. 800 B. C. – 400 B.C. - The principal srauta sūtras (of Āpas
tamba, Āśvalāyana, Baudhāyana, Katyāyana, Satyāgādha and others ) and some of the Gphyasūtras ( such as those of
Āpastamba and Aśvalāyana ). 600 B. O. - 300 B. C. The dharmasutras of Gautama, Āpas
tamba, Baudhāyana, Vasistha and the Gphyasūtras of
Pāraskara and a few others. 600 B.C. - 300 B.C. - Pānini. 500 B, C. - 200 B. C. - Jaimini’s Pūrvamimāṁsāsūtra. 300 B. C. - Vararuci Kātyāyana, author of Vārtikas on
Panini. 300 B, C, - 100 A, D. - Arthaśāstra of Kautilya. 150 B.C. - The Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali. 200 B. C. — 100 A. D. – Manusmști. 100 A. D. - 300 A. D. - Yajñavalkyasmṛti. 100 A. D. - 300 A. D. - Viṣṇudharmasūtra. 100 A. D. — 400 A. D. - Nāradasmrti. 200 A. D. – 500 A, D. - Sabara, com. of Jaimini. 300 A. D. - 500 A. D. - Byhaspatismști on Vyavahāra (not yet
found. Extracts translated in S. B. E. vol. 33 ). 300 A. D. - 600 A, D. — Some of the extant Purāṇas, such as
Vāyu, Viṇpu, Mārkandeya, Matsya, Kūrma.
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400 A. D. 600 A. D. - Kātyāyanasmrti on Vyavahāra (not
yet found. Extracts collected by me and translated in
English ). 400 A, D.- 600 A. D. – Kamandaklyanitisāra. 505 A. D. — 587 A. D. - Varāhamihira, author of Br̥hatsamhita,
Brhajjātaka, Pancasiddhāntikā and other works. 600 A. D. -650 A. D. - Bana, author of the Kadambari and
the Harṣacarita. 050 A, D.- 750 A. D. - Kumārilabhatta, author of śloka
vārtika, Tantravārtika and Tup-tikā. 600 A. D. – 900 A, D. - Most of the smṛtis and some of the
Purāpas. 788 A. D. - 820 A. D. - Saṅkarācārya, the great Advaita
philosopher. 800 A. D. - 850 A. D. - Viśvarūpa, com, of Yājñavalkyasmrti. 900 A, D. - Medhātithi, com, of Manusmrti. 900 A. D. – 1100 A. D.—Pārthasarathimisra, author of Sastra
dipika, Tantraratna, Nyāyaratnākara. 966 A. D. - Utpala, com. of Bșhat-samhita and Bșhajjātaka. 1000 A. D. — 1055 A. D. — Dhāreśvara ( Bhoja ). 1070 A. D. – 1100 A. D. — Vijñāpeśvara, the author of the
Mitakṣarā com. on Yājñavalkya. 1080 – 1140 A. D.-Govindarāja, author of a com. on Manusmrti. 1100 – 1150 A. D. – Lakṣmidhara, author of a large digest
called Kștya-kalpataru or simply Kalpataru. 1100 – 1150 A. D. —Jimūtavāhana, author of Dāyabhāga, Kala
viveka and Vyavahāramātrkā. 1114 – 1183 A. D. – Bhāskarācārya, author of Siddhanta
siromaṇi, of which Lilāvati is a part. . 1125 A. D. – Aparārka, author of a com. on the Yajñavalkya
smrti. 1127 — 1138 A. D. - Mānasollāsa ‘or Abhilaṣitārthacintamani
of Someśvaradeva. 1150 - 1160 A. D. — Rajatarangini of Kalhana. .. 1150 - 1200 A. D. – Smrtyarthasara of Sridhara.
Chronological Table :
1200 - 1225 A. D. - Smrticandrika of Devannabhatta. 1150 – 1300 A. D. - Haradatta, com. on Gautamadharmasūtra i and Apastambadharmasūtra.
1150 – 1300 A. D. - Kullūka, com. of Manusmrti. 1200-1300 A. D. — Vyavahāranirṇaya of Varadarīja. 1260 – 1270 A. D. - Caturvargacintamani of Hemādri. 1290 – 1370 A. D. - Candeśvara, author of Rājanitiratnākara,
Vivādaratnākara, Grhastharatnākara and other works. 1300 - 1380 A. D. — Mādhavācārya, author of Parāśarama
dhaviya. 1360 - 1390 A. D. - Madanapārijāta compiled under king
Madanapala. ’ 1375 – 1460 A. D. - Śūlapāṇi, author of Dipakalikā, con. on
Yajñavalkya. 14001 - 1500 A. D. - Nyāyasudha of Somnesvara, coni, on
Tantravārtika. 1400 - 1450 A, D - Vivādacandra of Misarumisra.
1425 - 1450 A, D. - Madanaratna of Madanasimha.
1490 – 1512 - The Vyavahārasāra of Dalapati, a part of the
Nṭsimhaprasāda, 1500 - 1525 A. D. , The Sarasvativilāsa compiled under king
• Pratāparudradeva. 1500 - 1550 A. D. - Vardhamāna, author of Daṇdaviveka. 1500 - 1550 - Vācaspatimisra, author of Vivādacintamani and
several other works. 1520 - 1575 A. D. - Raghunandana, author of Dāyatattva,
Divyatattva, Vyavahāratattva and other Tattvas. 1560 - 1620 A. D. – Śhaṅkarabhatta, author of Dvaitanirṇaya
or Dharmadvaitanirṇaya. 1590 – 1630 A. D. - Nandapandita, author of the Dattakami
māṁsā and Vaijayanti, com. on Viṣṇudharmasūtra. 1610–1640 A. D.-Kamalakarabhatta, author of Nirnayasindhu,
Vivādatapdava, Sūdrakamalakara and other works.
1615 - 1645 A. D. - Nilakanthabhatta, author of Nitimayūkha,
Vyavahāramayūkha and other Mayūkhas. 1615 - 1645 A. D. Mitramiśra, author of Viramitrodaya,
divided into Rājanitiprakāśa, Vyavhāraprakāsa and other
prakāśas. 1650 – 1680 A. D. - Anantadeva, author of Rājadharma
kaustubha. 1750 – 1820 A. D. – Balambhatta, author of the Bālambhatti
com. on the Mitaksarā. 1790 A. D. - Dharmasindhu of Kaśinātla.