[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) › c19.57 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.57 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c19.57 - **Language:** English ### [c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.57) Viśvāmitra, 18, 41, 71, 221, 311 Viśvantara Sauṣadmana, 65 Viśvarūpa (commentator), 287 vrata, 10, 304, 331, 333 vrāta, 10, 62 vrātyas, as unbrāhmaṇised Āryans, 62, 74, 82; as a mixed caste, 176, 333-4 vrātya theory, 331, 333, 335, 338 Vṛtra (enemy of Indra), 22 Vyāsa, 70, 300, 311 - [Previous: c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.56) - [Next: c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.58) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c19.57) · Pramāṇa