[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) › c13.5 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.5) 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. - [Previous: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.4) - [Next: c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.6) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.5) · Pramāṇa