[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) › c10.201 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.201 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.201 - **Language:** English ### [c10.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.201) ² Fick, op. cit., p. 119. According to Gautama (X. 5-6) agriculture, trade and usury are lawful for a brāhmaṇa provided he does not carry on the work himself. - [Previous: c10.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.200) - [Next: c10.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.202) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.10.5) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.201) · Pramāṇa