[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) › c8.175 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.175 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.175 - **Language:** English ### [c8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.175) ⁵ VI, i, 366. In the \*Sat. Br.\*, XIV. 9.4.15, there is the case of a mother wishing for a black son who possesses the knowledge of the Veda. - [Previous: c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.174) - [Next: c8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.176) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.14.9.4.15) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.175) · Pramāṇa