[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) › c13.82 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.82 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.82 - **Language:** English ### [c13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.82) ⁴ There is a simile of sale and purchase of slaves in a Gupta inscr. (\*CII\*, iii, No. 6, l. 2.). The \*Br.\* refers to the \*dāsalekhyam\*, a deed for the sale of slaves (VI. 7). In the \*Mṛcchakaṭika\* slavery was in vogue as an institution permitted by the state (\*IHQ\*, v, 307). - [Previous: c13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.81) - [Next: c13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.83) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (2) - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.82) · Pramāṇa