[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) › c13.183 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.183 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.183 - **Language:** English ### [c13.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.183) ⁹ \*EI.\* xxiv, Inscr. No. 43, ll.18-19. The inscr. also refers to the imposition of the marriage tax, a custom which prevailed till recent times in Northern India. - [Previous: c13.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.182) - [Next: c13.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.184) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.183) · Pramāṇa