Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.5
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.5
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We can only guess the regions to which the lawgivers belonged. Yājñavalkya probably flourished in Mithilā,³ and Nārada seems to have been from Nepāl.⁴ Other lawgivers also may have lived in the north, and hence their works reflect the conditions obtaining mainly in Northern India.