[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) › c13.263 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.263 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.263 - **Language:** English ### [c13.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.263) an inscription of A.D. 1031 from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh (\*EI\*, vii, Inscr. No. 9, 1.34). Possibly \*kulikas\* and \*mahīpāndhākulikas\* were officers collecting taxes from guilds of artisans. - [Previous: c13.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.262) - [Next: c13.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.264) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Chittur plates of Kulottunga-Chodadeva II.—Saka 1056](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.eastern-calukya.chittur-plates-of-kulottunga-chodadeva-ii-saka-1056*kielhorn1903) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.263) · Pramāṇa