[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) › c10.4 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.4 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.4) ¹ \*Hist. Dh. S.\*, ii, pt. I, p. XI. Meyer (\*Altin. Rechtsschriften\*, p. VII) regards the \*Bau.\* and the \*Āp. Dh. Ss.\* as pre-Buddhist, and ascribes the \*Vas. Dh. S.\* to the fourth century B. C. Cf. Hopkins, \*CHI\*, i, 249. - [Previous: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.3) - [Next: c10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.5) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.4) · Pramāṇa