[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c10.197 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.197 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.197 - **Language:** English ### [c10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.197) ² It was laid down by Gautama that the vaiśya and the śūdra should make their gains by labour. nirviṣṭam vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ. Gaut. Dh. S., X. 42. - [Previous: c10.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.196) - [Next: c10.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.198) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.197) · Pramāṇa