[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) › c13.149 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.149 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.149 - **Language:** English ### [c13.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.149) Again, if the interpretation of the term \*uparikara\* as a tax levied on temporary peasants is accepted,⁷ it would appear that the \*dāsas\* and \*karmakaras\*, who worked in the fields of the state or of the individual proprietors in the early period, were now being temporarily provided with lands. - [Previous: c13.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.148) - [Next: c13.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.150) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.149) · Pramāṇa