[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) › c13.75 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.75 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.75 - **Language:** English ### [c13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.75) There is also some information about the condition of domestic servants. The \*Kāmasūtra\* informs us that, in addition to food and drink, servants (\*bhṛtyas\*) should receive their wages monthly or annually.⁶ The \*Śānti Parvan\* emphasises that the śūdra servant must be maintained by masters of the three higher varṇas.⁷ But it repeats the old rule that he should be given worn out umbrellas, turbans, beds and seats, shoes and fans, and torn clothes by the twice-born.¹ - [Previous: c13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.74) - [Next: c13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.76) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.75) · Pramāṇa