[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) › c8.311 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.311 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.311 - **Language:** English ### [c8.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.311) ² A number of ṛṣis, whose mother belonged to one or the other section of what was regarded as the śūdra varṇa, are enumerated in the \*Bhaviṣya P.\*, I.42.22-26. The list occurs in several other Purāṇas and the \*Mbh.\* Infra, p. 70. - [Previous: c8.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.310) - [Next: c8.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.312) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.311) · Pramāṇa