[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) › c13.97 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.97 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.97 - **Language:** English ### [c13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.97) ⁸ Nār., V. 42-43. Cf. rules of manumission in Kātyā., verse 715. Nārada, however, adds that certain classes of slaves cannot be manumitted (V. 29) except by the favour of the owner. - [Previous: c13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.96) - [Next: c13.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.98) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (3) - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana.715) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.97) · Pramāṇa