[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) › c16.22 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c16.22 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c16.22 - **Language:** English ### [c16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.22) ¹ The problem of occupational untouchables has been discussed by Vivekananda Jha in his Patna University Ph. D. thesis, Untouchables in Early India, Ch. III. - [Previous: c16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.21) - [Next: c16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.23) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.22) · Pramāṇa