[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) › c13.77 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.77 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.77 - **Language:** English ### [c13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.77) ⁷ ... \*avaśya bharaṇīyo hi varṇānām śūdra ucyate\*. \*Śānti P.\*, 60. 31. - [Previous: c13.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.76) - [Next: c13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.78) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.77) · Pramāṇa