[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) › c8.134 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.134 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.134 - **Language:** English ### [c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.134) It is not unlikely that there were many other inter-tribal conflicts of this kind, of which we have no records. Indications of such struggles are found in references which represent the Āryans as violators of \*vratas\* established by the gods. Five such passages quoted by Kane from the \*Ṛg Veda\* can be interpreted in this light.⁴ In a dialogue between the primeval priest Atharvan and Varuṇa, the priest boasts: "No Dāsa by his greatness, not an Āryan, may violate the law that I will establish."⁵ - [Previous: c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.133) - [Next: c8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.135) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.134) · Pramāṇa