[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) › c8.7 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.7 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.7) ⁵ \*The History of India\*, ii, 166; i, 166-9; 169 fn. 1. It seems that Mill's generalizations about the history of India exercised the most dominant influence on later British historians. - [Previous: c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.6) - [Next: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.8) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.7) · Pramāṇa