[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) › c10.243 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.243 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.243 - **Language:** English ### [c10.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.243) ⁴ vāci pathi śayyāyāmāsana iti samībhavato daṇḍatāḍanam. Āp. Dh. S., II. 10.27.15; Gaut. Dh. S., XII. 7. - [Previous: c10.242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.242) - [Next: c10.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.244) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Āpastambadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba.2.10.27.15) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.12.7) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.243) · Pramāṇa