[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) › c13.504 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.504 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.504 - **Language:** English ### [c13.504](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.504) ⁷ Mārk. P., XXI. 31; Nāṭyaśāstra, I. 14. 8. strīśūdradvijabandhūnām trayī na śrutigocarāḥ; karma śreyasi mūḍhānām śreya evam bhavediha; iti bhāratamākhyānam kṛpayā muninā kṛtam. Bhag. P., I. 4.25; I. 4.29. - [Previous: c13.503](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.503) - [Next: c13.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.505) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.4.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.21.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bharata.natyasastra.1.14) — Bharata, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.504](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.504) · Pramāṇa