[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) › c17.s2 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c17.s2: Chapter I: Historiography and Approach Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c17.s2 - **Language:** English ### Chapter I: Historiography and Approach ### [c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2.2) R. G. Bhandarkar, \*Collected Works\*, Ed. N. B. Utgikar and V. G. Paranjpe, 4 vols., Poona, 1927-33. V. S. Bhattacharya, "The Status of the Śūdras in Ancient India", \*Vishwa Bharati Quarterly\*, 1924. H. T. Colebrooke, \*Miscellaneous Essays\*, Ed. E. B. Cowell, 2 vols., London, 1873. J. C. Ghosh, \*Brahmanism and the Sudra\*, Calcutta, 1902. Mountstuart Elphinstone, \*The History of India\*, London, 1841. N. B. Halhed, \*A Code of Gentoo Laws\*, London, 1776. Alfred Hillebrandt, "Brahmanen und Śūdras", \*Festschrift für Karl Weinhold\*, Breslau, 1896, pp. 53-57. William Jones, \*Institutes of Hindu Law or the Ordinances of Manu\* (Tr.), Calcutta, 1794. ### [c17.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2.3) James Mill, \*The History of India\*, Vols. i and ii, 2nd edn., London 1820. ### [c17.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2.4) Raja Rammohun Roy, \*The English Works\*, 3 vols., Ed. J. C. Ghosh, Calcutta, 1901. ### [c17.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2.5) Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, \*Satyārthaprakāśa\*, Ajmer, Saṃvat, 1966. ### [c17.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2.6) Chitra Tiwari, \*Śūdras in Manu\*, Delhi, 1963. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c17.s2) · Pramāṇa