[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) › c16.8 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c16.8 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c16.8 - **Language:** English ### [c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.8) ¹ AŚ, III. 7. - [Previous: c16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.7) - [Next: c16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.9) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.7) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c16.8) · Pramāṇa