[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) › c9.262 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.262 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.262 - **Language:** English ### [c9.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.262) ⁵ ...\*niṣādeṣu haiva tā vased...vaiśye vā ha tā bhrātṛyvye vā vased...rājoni haiva tā vased\*. Jai. Br., II. 184; Pañc. Br., XVI. 6.7; Kauṣitakī Br., XXV. 15; Āp. Śr. S. (Garbe’s edn.), XVII. 26. 18; \*Lāṭyā. Śr.\*, S., VIII.2.8. - [Previous: c9.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.261) - [Next: c9.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.263) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (5) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa.169) — Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba-school.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Lāṭyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.samaveda.latyayana) — Lāṭyāyana, Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.262) · Pramāṇa