[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) › c13.25 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.25 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.25 - **Language:** English ### [c13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.25) Information supplied by the works of Kālidāsa and Śūdraka is also in the spirit of the Smṛtis. Kālidāsa is a portrayer of varṇāśrama ideals,¹ and the same seems to be true of Śūdraka.² - [Previous: c13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.24) - [Next: c13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.26) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.25) · Pramāṇa