[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) › c8.68 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.68 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.68 - **Language:** English ### [c8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.68) ⁶ ...hatví’dásyūnpráryam várṇamāvat. RV, III. 34.9; AV, XX. 11.9 (not in the Paippalāda recension). - [Previous: c8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.67) - [Next: c8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.69) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.3.34.9) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.20.11.9) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.68) · Pramāṇa