[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) › c12.262 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.262 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.262 - **Language:** English ### [c12.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.262) ⁷ Manu, II. 137. Cf. Gautama who declares that a śūdra is worthy of respect on reaching the age of eighty. - [Previous: c12.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.261) - [Next: c12.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.263) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.137) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.262) · Pramāṇa