[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) › c8.290 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.290 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.290 - **Language:** English ### [c8.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.290) ³ The earliest specimens of Ābhīrokti are found in the \*Nāṭyaśāstra\* of Bharata, a work of the second or third century A.D. (P. D. Gune, \*Introduction to Bhavisayattakahā\*, pp. 50-51). These are clearly very much allied to Sanskrit. - [Previous: c8.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.289) - [Next: c8.291](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.291) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natyasastra) — Bharata, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.290) · Pramāṇa