[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) › c8.324 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.324 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.324 - **Language:** English ### [c8.324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.324) ⁷ \*śocantaśca dravantaśca paricaryāsu ye ratāḥ; nistejaso alpavīryaśca śūdrās tānabravittu saḥ\*. \*Vāyu P.\*, i. VIII. - [Previous: c8.323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.323) - [Next: c8.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.325) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.324) · Pramāṇa