[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) › c13.237 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.237 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.237 - **Language:** English ### [c13.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.237) ⁵ \*Manu\*, VII. 54; \*Kām. N. S.\*, IV. 25; \*Yāj.\*, XIII. 312. Cf. \*Kām. N. S.\*, V. 68-70. \*Kātyā.\*, verse 11, lays down that the amātya should be a brāhmaṇa. - [Previous: c13.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.236) - [Next: c13.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.238) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.54) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.312) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana.11) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Kāmandakīya Nītisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kamandaka_nitisara.4.25) — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.237) · Pramāṇa