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Yajnavalkya

Jurist of the Dharmashastra tradition

What they did

The Yajnavalkya Smriti organises law into conduct, procedure and penance, and its procedural section treats courts, evidence and witnesses, debt, contract, partnership and inheritance as a working legal system.

The text

Yajnavalkya Smriti
Commentary: Mitakshara of Vijnaneshvara

When

Date disputed · disputed · disputed
Attribution is traditional; the commentaries are much later

Where

Unknown or disputed.

Where it maps in modern education

Law and jurisprudence — Dharmashastra and Vyavahara. Procedure, evidence and witnesses, contract, debt, partnership, inheritance, and the judge’s duty.

Evidence: traditionally attributed · no modern scholarly reference recorded yet.