[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) › c8.197 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.197 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.197 - **Language:** English ### [c8.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.197) ⁹ RV, II. 11.4, IV. 28.4, and VI. 25.2. B.N. Dutt thinks that the mention of Dāsa viś in RV, VI. 25.2, means that the Dāsa gets the vaiśya rank (Studies in Hindu Social Polity, p. 334). But since the vaiśyas did not exist then as a social class viś can be better interpreted here as clan. - [Previous: c8.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.196) - [Next: c8.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.198) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.197) · Pramāṇa