Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.253
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.253
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The association of the head of the guilds of artisans with the administration of the district was in keeping with their growing importance, which is also reflected in a Jain work of the period, which describes the *vaḍḍhai* or an architect as one of the fourteen jewels.¹ All this suggests some improvement in the civic status of the śūdra artisans.