[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) › c8.81 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.81 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.81 - **Language:** English ### [c8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.81) ¹⁰ \*kím te kṛṇvanti kīkaṭeṣu gávo náśtraṃ duhré ná tapanti gharmám. RV\*, III 53.14. - [Previous: c8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.80) - [Next: c8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.82) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.3.53.14) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.81) · Pramāṇa