[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) › c12.347 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.347 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.347 - **Language:** English ### [c12.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.347) ⁴ Ibid., IV. 6. According to later sources the term antyaja indicates rajakas, carmakāras, naṭas, burudas, kaivartas, bhillas and medas. Parāśara and Atri quoted in K. V. Rangaswami Aiyangar, \*Some Aspects of the Hindu View of Life according to the Dharmaśāstra\*, pp. 115-16. - [Previous: c12.346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.346) - [Next: c12.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.348) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.6) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.347) · Pramāṇa