[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) › c13.27 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.27 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.27 - **Language:** English ### [c13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.27) ² It is said that Śūdraka was a great brāhmaṇa minister. J. Charpentier, JRAS, 1923, pp. 596-97. - [Previous: c13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.26) - [Next: c13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.28) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.27) · Pramāṇa