[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) › c10.478 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.478 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.478 - **Language:** English ### [c10.478](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.478) ⁷ XXII. 13 declares cow-killing as a minor sin which has to be expiated by a penance. - [Previous: c10.477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.477) - [Next: c10.479](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.479) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.22.13) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.478](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.478) · Pramāṇa