[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) › c13.574 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.574 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.574 - **Language:** English ### [c13.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.574) ⁶ Kātyā., verse 486. The Mārk. P. also mentions śūdra ascetics (22.19), but we have no idea of the time to which they belong. - [Previous: c13.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.573) - [Next: c13.575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.575) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.22.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.574) · Pramāṇa