[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) › c8.247 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.247 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.247 - **Language:** English ### [c8.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.247) ⁹ \*Vas. Dh. S.\*, IV. 2; \*Bau. Dh. S.\*, I. 10.19.5-6; cf. \*Āp. Dh. S.\*, I. 1. 1.7; \*Manu\*, I. 31; \*Yāj.\*, III. 126. - [Previous: c8.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.246) - [Next: c8.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.248) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.31) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.4.2) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.247) · Pramāṇa