[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) › c9.17 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.17 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.17 - **Language:** English ### [c9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.17) ⁸ The text \*Up-Mahābhārata\* or \*Jaya Saṃhitā\* has been reconstructed by K. K. Shastree by selecting about 8,000 verses out of 78,000 verses found in the Critical Edition. - [Previous: c9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.16) - [Next: c9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.18) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.17) · Pramāṇa