[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) › c10.31 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.31 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.31 - **Language:** English ### [c10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.31) ⁴ Rude beginnings of urban life, as will appear from excavations at Hastinapura and Katra in Mathura, may be traced earlier than 600 B.C. - [Previous: c10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.30) - [Next: c10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.32) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.31) · Pramāṇa