[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) › c12.201 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.201 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.201 - **Language:** English ### [c12.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.201) ³ Mahāvastu, i, 18. Senart has the term hastinagaḍādibhiḥ, but Bailey reads it as hadio, which also occurs in Divya., pp. 365 and 435 in the sense of fetters (SBB, xvi, 15, fn. 2). The term harahīgorahī, is used in Maithili in the sense of wooden shackles. - [Previous: c12.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.200) - [Next: c12.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.202) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.201) · Pramāṇa