[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) › c10.396 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.396 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.396 - **Language:** English ### [c10.396](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.396) ⁸ Āśva. Gṛ. S. (SBE tr.), IV. 2. 19-21. The word used here is ‘vṛṣala’. - [Previous: c10.395](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.395) - [Next: c10.397](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.397) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.rgveda.asvalayana.4.2-19) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.396](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.396) · Pramāṇa