[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) › c19.41 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.41 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.41 - **Language:** English ### [c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.41) Padma Purāṇa, 300 Pahlavas, 37, 326, 334 Paijavana, 5, 40-42, 296 Painted Grey Ware (PGW), 28, 40, 45, 48, 68, 96 Paippalāda (recension of the AV), 36 Pakistan, 196, 342 Pakthas (people), 18 Pāla grants, 329 Pāla inscriptions, 326, 329, 335 Pāli English Dictionary, 109 Pāli texts, 32, 94, 103-5, 108, 115, 126, 129, 138-9, 143, 163, 180 Pallava land grant, 257, 263 Pallava Prakrit copper plate, 329 Pañcāla, 61, 81, 191 Pañcalantra, 285 Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, 46, 69 Palamau, 335 pāṇḍusopāka (despised caste), 226-7, 336 - [Previous: c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.40) - [Next: c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.42) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.41) · Pramāṇa