[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) › c9.271 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.271 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.271 - **Language:** English ### [c9.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.271) The śūdra also participated in two other minor rites. He could take part in the rite of offering prepared food (\*odanasava\*) like the members of the other three varṇas, the condition being that food varied according to the varṇa.⁵ Similarly the rite of offering first fruits could be performed by the members of all the varṇas.⁶ - [Previous: c9.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.270) - [Next: c9.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.272) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.271) · Pramāṇa