[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) › c9.276 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.276 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.276 - **Language:** English ### [c9.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.276) ² Jai. Br., II. 404-5. The term ārya varṇa occurs in KS., XXXIV. 5, but there is no mention of śūdra varṇa. - [Previous: c9.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.275) - [Next: c9.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.277) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (2) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.34.5) — Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.276) · Pramāṇa