[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) › c10.545 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.545 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.545 - **Language:** English ### [c10.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.545) ¹³³ Even during this period the śūdras prepared food for the higher varṇas on the occasion of the vaiśvadeva sacrifice. - [Previous: c10.544](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.544) - [Next: c10.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.546) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.545) · Pramāṇa