[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) › c14.16 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c14.16 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c14.16 - **Language:** English ### [c14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.16) ¹ The earliest epigraphic evidence for land grants can be traced back to the first century B.C. (Sircar, \*Select Inscriptions\*, i, p. 188, Inscr. no. 82, line 11), but such grants become common in Gupta period. - [Previous: c14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.15) - [Next: c14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.17) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.16) · Pramāṇa