[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) › c13.6 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.6 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.6 - **Language:** English ### [c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.6) ³ Hopkins thinks that this is scarcely possible to be true of \*Yāj.\* (\*Mutual Relations of the Four Castes in Manu\*, p. 31), but this is consistent with \*Yāj.\*'s popular attitude in several matters. - [Previous: c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.5) - [Next: c13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.7) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.6) · Pramāṇa