[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) › c11.46 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.46 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.46 - **Language:** English ### [c11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.46) ⁵ tasyāṃ cāturvarṇyābhiniveśaṃ sarvabhogasahatvādavaravarṇaprāya śreyasī bāhulyāt dhruvatvācca..AŚ, VII, 11. The Nayacandrikā (p. 33) explains the term avaravarṇaprāya as śūdraprāya. - [Previous: c11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.45) - [Next: c11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.47) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.7.11) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.46) · Pramāṇa