[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) › c8.317 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.317 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.317 - **Language:** English ### [c8.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.317) ¹ Mentioned as a king in \*Chā. Up.\*, IV. 2.3. 2. Śaṅkara’s comm. to \*Ved. S.\*, I. 3.34. - [Previous: c8.316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.316) - [Next: c8.318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.318) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.4.2.3) — Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra-works.brahmasutra.1.3.34) — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.317) · Pramāṇa