[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) › c10.76 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.76 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.76 - **Language:** English ### [c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.76) ³ Big cities such as Sāvatthi were twenty in number, and six of them were considered important enough to be scene of the Buddha’s passing away (Digha N, ii, 147). - [Previous: c10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.75) - [Next: c10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.77) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.147) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.76) · Pramāṇa