[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) › c8.236 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.236 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.236 - **Language:** English ### [c8.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.236) ⁶ Presumably he was the head of the village both for civil purposes and military operations. \*VI\*, i, 247. - [Previous: c8.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.235) - [Next: c8.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.237) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.236) · Pramāṇa