[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) › c10.463 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.463 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.463 - **Language:** English ### [c10.463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.463) ³ Mbh., XII. 59.99-101. B. C. Law argues that these were Niṣadhas, and not Niṣādas (Tribes in Ancient India, p. 100), but the Cr. Edn. of the Mbh. clearly mentions Niṣādas. - [Previous: c10.462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.462) - [Next: c10.464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.464) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.59.99) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.463) · Pramāṇa