[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) › c13.653 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.653 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.653 - **Language:** English ### [c13.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.653) ² Ibid., ii, 39. 352-54. In the Appendix to the Vāyu Purāṇa, in a story a barber named Maṅkha installs an image of Gaṇeśa Kṣemaka at Vārāṇasi. Patil, op. cit., p. 38. - [Previous: c13.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.652) - [Next: c13.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.654) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.39.352) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.653) · Pramāṇa