[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) › v2.c19.31 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.31 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.31 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.31) We shall now see what position was assigned to the śūdra in the Vedic Saṁhitās and Brāhmaṇas. In the Ṛgveda the Ārya is contradistinguished from the men 'of dark skin.' In the dharmasūtras we find the śūdras spoken of as 'dark varṇa.' - [Previous: v2.c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.30) - [Next: v2.c19.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.32.1) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.31) · Pramāṇa