[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) › c8.36 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.36 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.36 - **Language:** English ### [c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.36) ⁵ Kane’s compilation of the Dharmaśāstra extracts regarding śūdras provide valuable raw material for an historical study of their position. Chitra Tiwari’s Śūdras in Manu (1963) does not add to our understanding. - [Previous: c8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.35) - [Next: c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.37) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.36) · Pramāṇa