[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) › c19.27 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.27 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.27 - **Language:** English ### [c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.27) Jaina śūdras, 211 jajmānī, 160-1, 341 Jakkhas, see Yakṣas, Janaka, 41, 97 Jānaśruti (king), 43, 52, 74 Jātakas, 91-2, 99, 106-9, 129, 134, 139-42, 147, 151, 154-5, 200 Jayākhya Saṃhitā, 309 Jaya Saṃhitā (original text of the Mahābhārata), 47 Jayaswal, K. P., 57-8, 62, 118, 203, 326 jewellery (in post-Mauryan period), 198 jhallas, a despised caste, 227, 333-4 Jhalwar, 334 Jolly, J., 224 - [Previous: c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.26) - [Next: c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.28) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.27) · Pramāṇa