[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) › c12.447 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.447 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.447 - **Language:** English ### [c12.447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.447) ² AŚ, II.23; Manu, IV. 253. While the sharecropper in the AŚ receives land from the state, in Manu he receives it from the individual. - [Previous: c12.446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.446) - [Next: c12.448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.448) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.23) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.253) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.447) · Pramāṇa