[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) › c12.32 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.32 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.32 - **Language:** English ### [c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.32) ⁷ Comm. to Manu, VII. 154. Hopkins thinks that the \*aṣṭavidhaṃ karma\* reminds one of the seven elements of the state (\*op. cit.\*, pp. 70-71), but there is no similarity between the \*aṣṭavidha karma\* and the \*saptāṅga\*. - [Previous: c12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.31) - [Next: c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.33) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.32) · Pramāṇa