[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) › c8.262 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.262 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.262 - **Language:** English ### [c8.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.262) ²⁹³ Arrian mentions Sogdoi (Ibid., p. 157), which may be wrong. Sydroi are again clearly mentioned by Ptolemy (VI. 20.3) as inhabiting the central portion of Archosia, whcih - [Previous: c8.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.261) - [Next: c8.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.263) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.262) · Pramāṇa