[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) › c13.346 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.346 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.346 - **Language:** English ### [c13.346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.346) ⁶ ŚP, 79. 17-18, abhyutthite dasyubale kṣatrārthe varṇasaṃkare; ... brāhmaṇo yadi vā vaiśyaḥ, śūdro vā rājasattama; dasyubhyo'tha prajā rakṣeddaṇḍam dharmeṇa dhārayan ... Ibid., 79.34-36. - [Previous: c13.345](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.345) - [Next: c13.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.347) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.79.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.346) · Pramāṇa