[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) › c10.54 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.54 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.54 - **Language:** English ### [c10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.54) ³ So far no iron ploughshare belonging to the NBP phase has been discovered, but the term ayo-nāṅgala is used in the Pāli texts. - [Previous: c10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.53) - [Next: c10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.55) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.54) · Pramāṇa