[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) › c13.3 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.3 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.3 - **Language:** English ### [c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.3) ¹ Kane gives the following dates for these Smṛtis: \*Viṣṇu\* A.D. 100-300, \*Yājñavalkya\* A.D. 100-300. \*Nārada\* A.D. 100-400, \*Bṛhaspati\* A.D. 300-500, \*Kātyāyana\* A.D. 400-600. \*Hist. Dh. S.\*, ii, pt. I. p. XI. Although \*Viṣṇu\* and \*Yāj.\* seem to be earlier, roughly all these law-books can be treated as authorities for the Gupta period. - [Previous: c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.2) - [Next: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.4) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.3) · Pramāṇa