[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) › c11.78 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.78 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.78 - **Language:** English ### [c11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.78) ¹ AŚ, II. 15. etāvanto viṣṭip atikarāḥ...durgādikarmapayogibhiḥ. JBORS, xii, 198. 2. i, 344. 3. ..dāsakarmakaravargaśca viṣṭiḥ. AŚ, II. 15. - [Previous: c11.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.77) - [Next: c11.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.79) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.15) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c11.78) · Pramāṇa