[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) › c13.366 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.366 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.366 - **Language:** English ### [c13.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.366) ³⁰⁴ \*Manu\* (IX. 224) provides the punishment of death for a \*dvijaliṅgin\* śūdra (who pretends to be a brāhmaṇa), but he does not refer to his opposition to the king in this connection. - [Previous: c13.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.365) - [Next: c13.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.367) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.366) · Pramāṇa