[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) › c12.424 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.424 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.424 - **Language:** English ### [c12.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.424) ³ vṛṣo hi bhagavān dharmastasya yaḥ kurute hyalam, vṛṣalam tam vidurdevās-tasmaddharmam na lopayet. Manu, VIII. 16. This provision is also repeated in the Śanti P., but is not to be found in earlier brāhmaṇical texts. - [Previous: c12.423](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.423) - [Next: c12.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.425) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.16) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.424) · Pramāṇa