[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) › c8.133 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.133 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.133 - **Language:** English ### [c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.133) ³ \*VA\*, p. 245. On account of their hostility to other Āryans the Pūrus are called \*mṛdhravācaḥ\* in \*RV\*, VII. 18.13. - [Previous: c8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.132) - [Next: c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.134) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.133) · Pramāṇa