[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) › c12.82 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.82 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.82 - **Language:** English ### [c12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.82) These artisans were not attached to their clients in the same way as the dāsas and the karmakaras were attached to their masters. Thus Patañjali informs us that the weaver was an independent worker.⁸ While the dāsas and the karmakaras worked in the hope of getting clothes and food, the artisans worked in the hope of getting wages.⁹ - [Previous: c12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.81) - [Next: c12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.83) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.82) · Pramāṇa