[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) › c12.320 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.320 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.320 - **Language:** English ### [c12.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.320) ⁹ Ibid., X. 56; cf. Mahāvastu, ii, 73. - [Previous: c12.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.319) - [Next: c12.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.321) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.56) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.buddhacarita-works.mahavastu) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.320) · Pramāṇa