[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) › c19.38 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.38 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.38 - **Language:** English ### [c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.38) Nārada, the Smṛti of, 245, 248-50, 273, 275-76, 281, 296, 326 Nārada Smṛti, 281 Narasimha Gupta, 342 Narasimha Purāṇa, 260 Nārāyaṇa, 308 Nasik, 199 Nasik Inscription, 202, 330 Naṭas, 333, 335-6 naṭa-nartakas, 227 Nāṭyaśāstra, 247, 282-3, 294-5 Nausari, 341 Nayacandrikā, 162 Negroes, 4 Nepal, 245, 249, 339 Nighaṇṭu, 51 Nirukta, 66, 78, 151 niṣādas (nesādas), as people and caste, 50, 75, 78-9, 82, 85, 113, 132, 134, 143; their position in society, 143-4; Niṣāda gotra, 143, 145-6; their status in Kauṭilya, 177; comparison with other castes, 185, 225-7, 289, 331-2, 336 Nītisāra of Kāmandaka, 247 North Black Polished (NBP), 95-96, 182 north-eastern India, 94, 99 Northern India, 94, 141, 160, 242, 245, 255, 262, 290, 308, 334 north-western India, 36, 39, 43, 326, 334 - [Previous: c19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.37) - [Next: c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.39) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.38) · Pramāṇa