[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) › c5.3 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.3 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.3) \*Kumb.\* — Kumbkonam Edition of the \*Mahābhārata\* (also indicated as \*SE\*). \*Lāṭyā. Śr. S.\* — \*Lāṭyāyana Śrautasūtra\*. \*Majj. N.\* — \*Majjhima Nikāya\*. \*Manu\* — \*Manu Smṛti\*. \*Mārk. P.\* — \*Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa\*. \*Mat. P.\* — \*Matsya Purāṇa\*. \*Mbh.\* — \*Mahābhārata\*. \*Milinda\* — \*Milinda-pañho\*. \*MR\* — \*Modern Review\*, Calcutta. \*MS\* — \*Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā\*. \*Nār\* — \*Nārada Smṛti\*. \*NE\* — Northern Edition of the \*Mahābhārata\* (also indicated as \*Cal.\*) \*NF\* — \*Neue Folge\*. \*NS\* — \*New Series\*. \*Pā\* — \*Pāṇini’s Grammar\*. \*Pañc. Br.\* — \*Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa\*. \*Pār. Gṛ. S.\* — \*Pāraskara Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Pat\* — \*Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya\*. \*P.E.\* — \*Pillar Edict\* of \*Aśoka\*. \*Petv. A.\* — \*Petavatthu Aṭṭhakahā\*. \*PHAI\* — \*Political History of Ancient India\* by H. C. Raychaudhuri \*PTS\* — \*Pali Text Society\*. \*Rām.\* — \*Rāmāyaṇa\*. \*R.E.\* \*Rock Edict\* of \*Aśoka\*. \*RV\* — \*Ṛg Veda\*. \*Samy. N.\* — \*Saṃyutta Nikāya\*. \*Sām. Br.\* — \*Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa\*. \*Śāṅkh. Gṛ S.\* — \*Śāṅkhāyana Gṛhyasūtra\*. \*Śāṅkh. Śr. S.\* — \*Śāṅkhāyana Śrautasūtra\*. \*Śat. Br.\* — \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*. \*Satyā. Śr. S.\* — \*Satyāṣāḍha Śrautasūtra\*. \*SBB\* — \*Sacred Books of the Buddhists\*. \*SBE\* — \*Sacred Books of the East\*. \*SE\* — Southern Edition of the \*Mahābhārata\*. (also indicated as \*Kumb.\*) \*ŚP\* — \*Śānti Parva\*. \*SONI\* — \*Social Organisation of North-Eastern India\* by R. Fick. - [Previous: c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.2) - [Next: c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.4) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c5.3) · Pramāṇa