[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) › c8.288 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.288 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.288 - **Language:** English ### [c8.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.288) ¹ Fick, \*SONI\*, p. 315, Keith, \*CHI\*, i, 86; Lassen, \*Ind. Alt.\*, ii, 174. cf. Weber, \*Indische Studien\*, xviii, 85-86 and 255. Zimmer identifies the Sudroi of Ptolemy with Brāhūi (\*Alt. Leb.\*, p. 435), but there seems to be no basis for such a supposition. cf. Hopkins, \*Religions of India\*, p. 548, fn. 3. Pargiter thinks that Śūdras and Ābhīras were considerably intermixed and closely connected aboriginal races (\*Mārk. P.\*, Tr., pp. 313-14, fn.). - [Previous: c8.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.287) - [Next: c8.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.289) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.288) · Pramāṇa