[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) › c13.34 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.34 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.34 - **Language:** English ### [c13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.34) ⁷ The third cen. A.D. seems to be the probable date of this work. (The Age of Imperial Unity, p. 270). Cf. 2nd cen. A.D. (M. Ghosh, Nāṭyaśāstra, Tr., Introd., p. LXXXVI); Also see Dasgupta, His. of Sansk. Lit., p. 522. - [Previous: c13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.33) - [Next: c13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.35) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.34) · Pramāṇa