[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) › c13.178 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.178 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.178 - **Language:** English ### [c13.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.178) ⁵ It is not clear whether this was done for the sake of the king or the village elders. \*JRASB\*, series III. xvi, p. 121, Law No. 72. - [Previous: c13.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.177) - [Next: c13.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.179) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.178) · Pramāṇa