[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) › c12.417 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.417 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.417 - **Language:** English ### [c12.417](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.417) ⁵ Manu, VII. 69. It is said that the country should be anāvilam, which is explained by commentators (Nār. and Nand.) as ‘free from defilement such as a mixture of the castes’. (SBE, xxv, 227). - [Previous: c12.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.416) - [Next: c12.418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.418) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.69) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.417](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.417) · Pramāṇa