[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) › c8.185 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.185 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.185 - **Language:** English ### [c8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.185) ⁵ AV, XII. 4.9; in the parallel passage in the \*Paipp.\* XVII. 16.9 the term \*dāsī\* is replaced by \*devī\*. - [Previous: c8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.184) - [Next: c8.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.186) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Paippalādasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*paippalada.17.16.9) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.12.4.9) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.185) · Pramāṇa