[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) › c8.62 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.62 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.62 - **Language:** English ### [c8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.62) ¹ yenémá víśvācyávanā kṛtáni, yó dásam várṇamádharam gúhakaḥ. RV. II. 12. 4. AV, XX. 34. 4. - [Previous: c8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.61) - [Next: c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.63) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.12.4) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.20.34.4) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.62) · Pramāṇa