[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) › c11.58 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.58 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.58 - **Language:** English ### [c11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.58) ⁸ According to Bhaṭṭasvāmin the \*rajjuvartakas\* were śvapākas and others, and the \*sarpagrāhādik\* as were śabaras and others. \*JBORS\*, xii, 143. - [Previous: c11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.57) - [Next: c11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.59) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.58) · Pramāṇa