[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) › c8.97 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.97 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.97 - **Language:** English ### [c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.97) ² RV, I. 51.8-9; I. 101.2; I. 175.3; VI. 14.3; IX. 41.2. The term avrata, however, has nowhere been applied to the Dāsas. - [Previous: c8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.96) - [Next: c8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.98) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.51.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.97) · Pramāṇa