[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) › c12.55 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.55 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.55 - **Language:** English ### [c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.55) The presence of artisans working in ivory or \*dantakāra\* is attested by beautiful ivory objects of Indian make and origin found in Begram in Afghanistan.¹ A few objects have been also found in various parts of the country, and Banaras was an important centre of ivory-carving. As in the case of glass, the period is noted for the progress of ivory work. It is significant that for a few centuries after the third century A.D. both these crafts languished. - [Previous: c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.54) - [Next: c12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.56) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.55) · Pramāṇa