[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) › c13.679 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.679 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.679 - **Language:** English ### [c13.679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.679) ⁵ As does Ghurye, who is of the opinion that in the period A.D. 300 to A.D. 1000 the śūdra became socially more degraded (Caste and Class, p. 94). - [Previous: c13.678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.678) - [Next: c14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.1) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.679) · Pramāṇa