[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) › c7.19 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c7.19 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c7.19 - **Language:** English ### [c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7.19) Sources for the Gupta period 245 Śūdras as wage earners 248 Weakening of the slave system 252 - [Previous: c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7.18) - [Next: c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7.20) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c7.19) · Pramāṇa