[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) › c8.49 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.49 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.49 - **Language:** English ### [c8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.49) In order to explain and illustrate certain developments in the position of the śūdras, wherever possible comparisons have been made with similar developments in other ancient societies and among primitive peoples known to anthropology. - [Previous: c8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.48) - [Next: c8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.50) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.49) · Pramāṇa