[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) › c8.173 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.173 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.173 - **Language:** English ### [c8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.173) ³ \*RV\*, I. 116.23; cf. I. 117.7. Pargiter thinks that the Kāṇvāyanas are the only proper brāhmaṇas. \*DKA\*, p. 35. - [Previous: c8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.172) - [Next: c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.174) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.116.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.173) · Pramāṇa