[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) › c5.1 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.1 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.1) \*AI\* — \*Anint India\*, Delhi. \*AICL\* — \*Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature\* by J. W. McCrindle. \*AIE\* — \*Ancient Indian Education\* by R. K. Mookerji. \*AIMA\* — \*Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian\* by J. W. McCrindle. \*Ait. Br.\* — \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\*. \*AK\* — \*Amarakośa\*. \*Aṅg. N\* — \*Aṅguttara Nikāya\*. \*Anu. P.\* — \*Anuśāsana Parva\*. \*Antag.\* — \*Antagaḍa Dasāo\*. \*AO\* — \*Archiv Orientalani\*. Prague. \*Āp. Dh. S.\* — \*Āpastamba Dharmasūtra\*. \*Āp. Gṛ. S.\* — \*Āpastamba Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Āp. Śr. S\* — \*Āpastamba Śrautasūtra\*. \*AŚ\* — \*Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya\*. \*ASR\* — \*Archaeological Survey (of India) Reports\*. \*ĀSS\* — \*Ānandāśrama Sanskrit Series\*. \*Āśva. Gṛ. S.\* — \*Āśvalāyana Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Āśva. Śr. S.\* — \*Āśvalāyana Śrautasūtra\*. \*Āyār.\* — \*Āyāraṅga Sutta\*. \*AV\* — \*Atharva Veda\*. \*Bau. Dh. S.\* — \*Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra\*. \*Bau. Gṛ. S.\* — \*Baudhāyana Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Bhār. Gṛ. S.\* — \*Bhāradvāja Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Bhāg. P.\* — \*Bhāgavata Purāṇa\*. \*Bhav. P.\* — \*Bhaviṣyat Purāṇa\*. \*BI\* — \*Bibliotheca India\*. \*Bṛ.\* — \*Bṛhaspati Smṛti\*. \*Bṛ. Saṃhitā\* — \*Bṛhat Saṃhitā\*. \*Bṛ. Up.\* — \*Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad\*. \*Chā. Up.\* — \*Chāndogya Upaniṣad\*. \*Cal.\* — \*Calcutta Edition of the Mahābhārata\*. \*CHI\* — \*Cambridge History of India\*, i, Ed. E. J. Rapson. - [Previous: c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c4.3) - [Next: c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.2) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.1) · Pramāṇa