[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) › c12.238 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.238 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.238 - **Language:** English ### [c12.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.238) ⁷ \*śūdrantu kārayeddāsyam kṛtamakṛtameva vā; dāsyāyaiva hi sṛṣṭo'sau brāhmaṇasya svayambhuva\*. \*Manu\*, VIII. 413. - [Previous: c12.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.237) - [Next: c12.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.239) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.413) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.238) · Pramāṇa