[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) › c14.32 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c14.32 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c14.32 - **Language:** English ### [c14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.32) And, lest perchance the discontented śūdras resorted to arms, the lawgivers prescribed a consistent policy of keeping them disarmed, which was possibly modified in the Gupta period. - [Previous: c14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.31) - [Next: c14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.33) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c14.32) · Pramāṇa