[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) › c10.238 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.238 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.238 - **Language:** English ### [c10.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.238) ⁴ Supra, pp. 113-14. 5. brāhmaṇastu kṣatriye pañcāśat, tadardhaṃ vaiśye, na śūdre kiñcit. Gaut. Dh. S., XII. 11-13. 6. śūdro dvijātinisandhāyābhihatya vāgdaṇḍapāruṣyābhyāmaṃgam mocyo yenopahanyāt, Gaut. Dh. S., XII. 1. - [Previous: c10.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.237) - [Next: c10.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.239) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.12.11) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.238) · Pramāṇa