[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) › c8.325 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.325 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.325 - **Language:** English ### [c8.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.325) ¹⁵⁸ \*The Bhaviṣya P.\*, I.44. 23ff. adds that the śūdras were so called because they received droppings of the Vedic knowledge; \*ye te śruterddrutim prāptāḥ śūdrāsteneha kīrtitāḥ\*. - [Previous: c8.324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.324) - [Next: c8.326](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.326) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.325) · Pramāṇa