Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.459
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.459
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Similarly we notice some improvement in the śūdra’s legal and political status. Manu’s punishment of a brāhmaṇa abusing a śūdra is significant,¹ for in the Dharmasūtras the brāhmaṇa goes scot-free. Again, the fact that the brāhmaṇa ruler Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi felt it necessary to court the support of the avaras² shows the importance that was being accorded to them in the second century A.D.