[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) › c9.23 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.23 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.23 - **Language:** English ### [c9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.23) ⁴ R.S. Sharma, "The Later Vedic Phase and the Painted Grey Ware Culture," \*History and Society : Essays in Honour of Professor Niharranjan Ray\*, pp. 133-41; ibid., "Class Formation and its Material Basis in the Upper Gangetic Basin (\*c.\* 1000-500 B.C.)," \*The Indian Historical Review\*, ii, 1-13. - [Previous: c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.22) - [Next: c9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.24) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.23) · Pramāṇa