[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) › c8.112 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.112 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.112 - **Language:** English ### [c8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.112) ⁶ \*RV, V. 29.10. Sāyaṇa explains anāsa as one without speech (āsyarahita).\* - [Previous: c8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.111) - [Next: c8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.113) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.5.29.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.112) · Pramāṇa