[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) › c8.156 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.156 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.156 - **Language:** English ### [c8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.156) ⁵ \*devāso manyúṃ dāsasya ścamnanté na á vakṣantsuitáya várṇam\*. \*RV\*, I. 104.2; III 34.9. - [Previous: c8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.155) - [Next: c8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.157) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.3.34.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.156) · Pramāṇa