[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) › c12.72 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.72 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.72 - **Language:** English ### [c12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.72) ⁵ Computed on the basis of Mahāvastu, ii, 463-78 and iii, 442ff. Many of these artisans were also small traders. - [Previous: c12.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.71) - [Next: c12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.73) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.72) · Pramāṇa