[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) › c13.253 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c13.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.253) 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. - [Previous: c13.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.252) - [Next: c13.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.254) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.253) · Pramāṇa