[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) › c12.86 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.86 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.86 - **Language:** English ### [c12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.86) ¹ A similar rule occuring in \*Vas. Dh. S.\*, II. 48 seems to be an interpolation, for it is not found in the three other Dharmasūtras. - [Previous: c12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.85) - [Next: c12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.87) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (1) - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.2.48) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.86) · Pramāṇa