Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.368

Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.368

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² Manu, II. 163. Cf. II. 172, X. 110. It is suggested that the upanayana of girls and śūdras was done without a formal ceremony (Rangaswami Aiyangar, *Political and Social Aspects of the System of Manu*, p. 145), but there seems to be no evidence for this.

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit