[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) › c13.299 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.299 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.299 - **Language:** English ### [c13.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.299) ¹ Ibid., (SE) 82.57, (NE) 47.56. - [Previous: c13.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.298) - [Next: c13.300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.300) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (5) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.4.1) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.6.15) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.133) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.299) · Pramāṇa