[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) › c13.288 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.288 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.288 - **Language:** English ### [c13.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.288) ² dvijātiḥ pratibhūhīno rakṣyaḥ syād bāhyacāribhiḥ; śūdrādinpratibhūhīnān bandhayennigaḍena tu. Kātyā., verse 118. - [Previous: c13.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.287) - [Next: c13.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.289) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana.118) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.288) · Pramāṇa