[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) › c8.102 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.102 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.102 - **Language:** English ### [c8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.102) ⁶ ghnántaḥ kṛṣṇám ápa tvácam...sāhvāṃso dásyumavratám. RV, IX. 41. 1-2. - [Previous: c8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.101) - [Next: c8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.103) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.9.41.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.102) · Pramāṇa