[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) › c8.199 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.199 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.199 - **Language:** English ### [c8.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.199) ² It is suggested that the Dāsas and Āryas were on a social level, above the Dasyu-Bhils. Shafer, Ethnography in Anc. India, p. 32. - [Previous: c8.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.198) - [Next: c8.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.200) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.199) · Pramāṇa