[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) › c8.191 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.191 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.191 - **Language:** English ### [c8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.191) ² RV, VII. 86.7. Hillebrandt regards this as of doubtful nature. He wrongly adds ‘vielleicht’ to VII. 86.3. which should be VII. 86.7. ZII, iii, 16. 3. śatám me gardabhánām śatámúrṇāvatīnām; śatám dāsá áti srájaḥ. RV, VIII. 56.3. It is possible that 100 may be a conventional number. 4. úṣasiámaśyām yaśásam suviram dāsápravargam raytmásva budhyam. RV, I.92.8. - [Previous: c8.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.190) - [Next: c8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.192) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.191) · Pramāṇa