[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) › c13.83 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.83 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.83 - **Language:** English ### [c13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.83) ⁵ \*Nār\*, V. 26-28. Of these slaves some \*are\* slaves improperly called according to the citation in the \*Vivādārṇava-setu\*, where it is attributed to Bṛhaspati (H. T. Colebrooke, \*A Digest of Hindu Law\*, ii, 12). Six classes of slaves seem to have been mentioned in contemporary Jain works (Jain, \*Life as Depicted in Jain Canons\*, p. 107). - [Previous: c13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.82) - [Next: c13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.84) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.83) · Pramāṇa