[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) › c8.111 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.111 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.111 - **Language:** English ### [c8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.111) If the word \*anāsa\*⁶ applied to the Dasyus is taken in the sense of ‘noseless’ or one with a flat nose, and the term \*vṛṣaśipra\* applied to the Dāsas⁷ as ‘bull-lipped’ or having big protruding lips, it would appear that the enemies of the Āryans were physiognomically different. - [Previous: c8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.110) - [Next: c8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.112) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.111) · Pramāṇa