[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) › c13.153 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.153 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.153 - **Language:** English ### [c13.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.153) ⁹ \*Bṛ.\*, 1. 43-44. In the text the term \*kināśa\* is used, which, according to the comment of Asahāya on Nār. I. 131, means a \*śūdra\*. - [Previous: c13.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.152) - [Next: c13.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.154) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.153) · Pramāṇa