[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) › c13.211 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.211 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.211 - **Language:** English ### [c13.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.211) The provisions regarding herdsmen stress their duty of protecting the cattle under their charge,⁸ but in the case of loss of animals they are not to be punished with death, as is provided by Kauṭilya. Bṛhaspati, however, states that, if the cattle under the charge of herdsmen cause damage to standing crops, they shall be beaten.⁹ - [Previous: c13.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.210) - [Next: c13.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.212) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.211) · Pramāṇa