[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) › c8.28 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.28 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.28 - **Language:** English ### [c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.28) ² Ketkar, \*op. cit.\*, p. 9; Radhakrishnan’s foreword to Valavalkar’s \*Hindu Social Institutions\*. The works of Dutt and Ghurye display a better historical sense, but see Dutt, \*op. cit.\*, Preface, p. VI. - [Previous: c8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.27) - [Next: c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.29) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.28) · Pramāṇa