[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) › c13.205 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.205 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.205 - **Language:** English ### [c13.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.205) ² Manu, VIII. 215; Bṛ. XVI. 4 and 8. In another version of Bṛ. we have two hundred paṇas instead of eight kṛṣṇalas (SBE, xliii, 345, fn. on Bṛ. XVI. 15). - [Previous: c13.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.204) - [Next: c13.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.206) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.215) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.205) · Pramāṇa