[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) › c12.239 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.239 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.239 - **Language:** English ### [c12.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.239) ¹ na svāminā nisṛṣṭo'pi śūdro dāsyādvimucyate; nisargajaṃ hi tattasya kastasmāttadapohati. Manu, VIII. 414. This is treated by Medhātithi as a glorified exaggeration (arthavāda), but probably it better indicates conditions in the time of the commentator than that of Manu. - [Previous: c12.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.238) - [Next: c12.240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.240) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.414) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.239) · Pramāṇa