[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) › c8.304 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.304 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.304 - **Language:** English ### [c8.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.304) ² Ibid., pp. 139-42. It was Lassen who drew attention to the fact that the ancient king Sudās was called śūdra in the Mbh. Ind. Alt., i, 969. - [Previous: c8.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.303) - [Next: c8.305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.305) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.304) · Pramāṇa