[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) › c10.90 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.90 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.90 - **Language:** English ### [c10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.90) ¹⁰ There is a reference to the craft of the home born slave in Digha N., i, 51, but this may indicate domestic service. Another reference speaks of slaves and servants being engaged by a brāhmaṇa in trade (Jāt., iv, 16). - [Previous: c10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.89) - [Next: c10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.91) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.51) — Pāli - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.90) · Pramāṇa