[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) › c12.8 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.8 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.8 - **Language:** English ### [c12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.8) ⁵ The extreme view assigning Bhāsa to the 5th or the 4th cen B.C. is not generally accepted. Bhāsa's date may be placed in the second or third cen. A.D. (\*The Age of Imperial Unity\* p. 261.) - [Previous: c12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.7) - [Next: c12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.9) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.8) · Pramāṇa