[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) › c8.172 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.172 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.172 - **Language:** English ### [c8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.172) ² \*RV\*, VIII. 85.3-4. Kaṇva is also mentioned in \*RV\*, VIII. 50.10. - [Previous: c8.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.171) - [Next: c8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.173) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.8.50.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.172) · Pramāṇa