[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) › c12.433 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.433 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.433 - **Language:** English ### [c12.433](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.433) ⁴ \*arakṣitāro harttāraśśulkavyājena pārthivāḥ\*, \*Viṣṇu P.\*, VI. 1.34; \*na rakṣitāro bhoktāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ, svarakṣaṇa parāyaṇāḥ\*. \*Brahmāṇḍa P.\*, I. 2.31.48. - [Previous: c12.432](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.432) - [Next: c12.434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.434) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.1.34) — Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.433](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.433) · Pramāṇa