[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) › c8.279 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.279 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.279 - **Language:** English ### [c8.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.279) ¹ Ibid., II. 29. 8-9. Pahlavas and Barbaras are also mentioned. Ibid., II. 29-15. - [Previous: c8.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.278) - [Next: c8.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.280) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.29.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.279) · Pramāṇa