[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) › c12.46 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.46 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.46 - **Language:** English ### [c12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.46) India did not have a proper bronze age, but from Taxila have been recovered numerous bronze objects,² which testify to the importance of the \*kāṃsyakāra\*. The use of brass objects also appears in this period,³ and suggests the appearance of brassmakers. Reference has already been made to bronze coins. - [Previous: c12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.45) - [Next: c12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.47) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.46) · Pramāṇa