[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) › c8.38 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.38 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.38 - **Language:** English ### [c8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.38) ⁸ It is to be noticed that in recent caste movements man śūdra castes claim to be kṣatriyas. Thus the Dusādhas claim to be the descendants of Duḥśāsamana, and the Goālās those of the Yadus. - [Previous: c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.37) - [Next: c8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.39) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.38) · Pramāṇa