[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) › c8.224 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.224 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.224 - **Language:** English ### [c8.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.224) ⁵ ‘Balihṛt’ (paying tribute) in \*RV\*, VII. 6.5; X. 173.6. - [Previous: c8.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.223) - [Next: c8.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.225) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.173.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.224) · Pramāṇa