[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) › c12.253 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.253 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.253 - **Language:** English ### [c12.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.253) ⁴ idaṃ tarhi kṣaudrakāṇāmapatyam mālavānāmapatyamiti. atrāpi kṣaudrakyaḥ mālavya iti naitatteṣāṃ dāse vā bhavati karmakare vā. Pat. on Pā, IV. 1.168. Cf. Kāśikā on Pā., V. 3.114. - [Previous: c12.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.252) - [Next: c12.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.254) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.1.168) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.253) · Pramāṇa