[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) › c10.49 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.49 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.49 - **Language:** English ### [c10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.49) Excellent monographs based on the Pāli sources by Fick, Rhys Davids, R. Mehta and A. N. Bose suffer from the same defect. J. C. Jain’s \*Life as Depicted in the Jain Canons\* lumps together all material without any regard to time and place. In spite of chronological treatment in some cases works on the Indian caste system hardly take into account non-brāhmaṇical sources. - [Previous: c10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.48) - [Next: c10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.50) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.49) · Pramāṇa