[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) › c10.339 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.339 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.339 - **Language:** English ### [c10.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.339) ⁶ Vas. Dh. S., I. 24. Baudhāyana (I.8.16. 1-4) allows four wives to the brāhmaṇa, three to the kṣatriya, two to the vaiśya and one to the śūdra. - [Previous: c10.338](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.338) - [Next: c10.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.340) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.8.16.1) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.1.24) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.339) · Pramāṇa