[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) › c12.271 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.271 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.271 - **Language:** English ### [c12.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.271) ⁷ Ibid., IV. 140 He, however, uses the word vṛṣala in the place of śūdra. - [Previous: c12.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.270) - [Next: c12.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.272) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.140) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.271) · Pramāṇa