[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) › c8.231 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.231 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.231 - **Language:** English ### [c8.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.231) ¹ varṇāśramavyavasthāśca na tadāsanna saṃkaraḥ; na lipsanti hi te'nyonyan-nānugṛhṇanti caiva hi. Vā. P., i, VIII. 60. cf. Digha Nikāya, Aggaññasutta. - [Previous: c8.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.230) - [Next: c8.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.232) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.231) · Pramāṇa