[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) › c13.609 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.609 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.609 - **Language:** English ### [c13.609](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.609) ¹⁰ P. V. Kane, op. cit., v. Pt. I, 57. On the basis of Kane we can count as many as 1256 vratas, utsavas, etc. (ibid., 253-462), but this list has been prepared on the basis of many late medieval texts by him. Kane thinks that if properly sifted the number would be much smaller than 1000. - [Previous: c13.608](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.608) - [Next: c13.610](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.610) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.609](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.609) · Pramāṇa