[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) › c12.331 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.331 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.331 - **Language:** English ### [c12.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.331) ⁸ Tr. of this term as mutton butchers does not seem to be accurate. SBE, xxi, 438. - [Previous: c12.330](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.330) - [Next: c12.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.332) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.331) · Pramāṇa