[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) › c12.87 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.87 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.87 - **Language:** English ### [c12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.87) ² \*Manu\*, III. 142. According to Kṛṣṇapaṇḍita and the commentators on the parallel passage of \*Viṣṇu\* (VI. 2), \*Manu\* and other Smṛtis, this rule applies only to loans for which no security is given. \*SBE\*, xiv, 15. - [Previous: c12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.86) - [Next: c12.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.88) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.6.2) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.142) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.87) · Pramāṇa