[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) › c13.103 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.103 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.103 - **Language:** English ### [c13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.103) ⁴ Jain, \*op. cit.\*, pp. 362-65. The \*Bṛhatkalpa Bhāṣya-gāthā\* refers to three \*nāpita-dāsis\* (6094). - [Previous: c13.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.102) - [Next: c13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.104) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhatkalpalaghubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.2!bhasya) — Saṅghadāsagaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.103) · Pramāṇa