[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) › c12.162 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.162 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.162 - **Language:** English ### [c12.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.162) ³ Manu, VIII. 66 with the comm. of Kull; adhyadhīna is explained as a garbhadāsa (Ibid.). - [Previous: c12.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.161) - [Next: c12.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.163) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.66) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.162) · Pramāṇa