[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) › c8.174 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.174 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.174 - **Language:** English ### [c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.174) ⁴ \*RV\*, I. 158.6; Ambedkar, \*Who were the Śūdras?\*, p. 77. - [Previous: c8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.173) - [Next: c8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.175) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.158.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.174) · Pramāṇa