[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) › c5.2 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.2 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.2) \*CII\* — \*Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum\*. \*Cr. Edn.\* — Critical Edition of the \*Mahābhārata\* published by the Bhandarkar Oriental Institute, Poona. \*Digha N.\* — \*Digha Nikāya\*. \*Divya.\* — \*Divyāvadāna\*. \*DKA\* — \*Dynasties of the Kali Age\*. by F. E. Pargiter. \*Ed.\* — Edited by, Edition. \*EI\* — \*Epigraphia Indica\*, Calcutta and Delhi. \*Gaut. Dh. S.\* — \*Gautama Dharmaśūtra\*. \*GOS\* — \*Gaikawad Oriental Series\*. \*HIL\* — \*History of Indian Literature\* by M. Winternitz. \*Hin. P.L.\* — \*Hindu Public Life\*. \*Hist. Dh. S.\* — \*History of Dharmaśāstra\* by P. V. Kane. \*Hist. & Essays\* — \*Historiography and other Essays\* by U. N Ghoshal. \*HOS\* — \*Harvard Oriental Series\*. \*HPL\* — \*History of Pali Literature\* by B. C. Law. \*HSL\* — \*History of Sanskrit Literature\* by S. N. Dasgupta and S. K. De. \*IA\* — \*Indian Antiquary\*, Bombay. \*IC\* — \*Indian Culture\*, Calcutta. \*IHQ\* — \*Indian Historical Quarterly\*, Calcutta. \*Ind. Alt.\* — \*Indische Alterthumskunde\* by Christian Lassen. \*Jai. Mi. S.\* — \*Jaimini-Mīmāṃsā Sūtra\*. \*JAOS\* — \*Journal of the American Oriental Society\*, Baltimore. \*JASB\* — \*Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal\*, Calcutta. \*JBBRAS\* — \*Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society\*, Bombay. \*JBORS\* — \*Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society\*, Patna. \*JBRS\* — \*Journal of the Bihar Research Society\*, Patna. \*JOR\* — \*Journal of Oriental Research\*, Madras. \*JRAS\* — \*Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\*, London. \*JRASB\* — \*Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal\*, Calcutta. \*Kā. Śr. S.\* — \*Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra\*. \*Kām. N. S.\* — \*Kāmandaka Nītisāra\*. \*Kāma S.\* — \*Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyana\*. \*Kap. S.\* — \*Kapiṣthala Saṃhitā\*. \*Kātyā\* — \*Kātyāyana Smṛti\*. \*KS\* — \*Kāthaka Saṃhitā\*. - [Previous: c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.1) - [Next: c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.3) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.2) · Pramāṇa