[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) › c11.207 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.207 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.207 - **Language:** English ### [c11.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.207) ⁶ \*AŚ\*, II. 15. distinction between an \*ārya\* and a \*nica\* in \*AŚ\*, 1. 14. - [Previous: c11.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.206) - [Next: c11.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.208) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.15) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.207) · Pramāṇa