[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) › c13.23 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.23 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.23 - **Language:** English ### [c13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.23) ⁵¹ In the \*Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa\* there are a few chapters which indicate the influence of Vaiṣṇavism (\*Ibid.\*, p. 18.) - [Previous: c13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.22) - [Next: c13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.24) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.23) · Pramāṇa