Caste and Race in India c7.113

c7.113

Though theoretically the position of the Śūdras was very low, there is evidence to show that many of them were well-to-do.¹ Some of them succeeded in marrying their daughters in royal families. Sumitrā, one of the four wives of king Daśaratha, was a Śūdra. Some of them even worked their way up to the throne. The famous Chandragupta is traditionally known to be a Śūdra. The Abhīras who ruled over the Deccan for some time must have been Śūdras.