[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) › c8.246 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.246 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.246 - **Language:** English ### [c8.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.246) ⁸ \*Vāyu P.\*, i, VIII. 155-9; \*Mārk. P.\*, ch. 49; \*Viṣṇu P\*, i. Ch. VI. - [Previous: c8.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.245) - [Next: c8.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.247) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.8.155) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.246) · Pramāṇa