[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) › c12.246 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.246 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.246 - **Language:** English ### [c12.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.246) ⁷ Here the term adhyadhina means a dāsa according to Kull. Manu, VIII. 167. - [Previous: c12.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.245) - [Next: c12.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.247) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.167) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.246) · Pramāṇa