[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) › c10.91 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.91 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.91 - **Language:** English ### [c10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.91) ¹ \*śilpino māsi masyekaikam karma kuryuḥ\*. Gaut. Dh. S., X. 31 ; \*Vas. Dh. S.\*, XIX. 28. - [Previous: c10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.90) - [Next: c10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.92) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.19.28) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.10.31) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.91) · Pramāṇa