[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) › c9.282 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.282 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.282 - **Language:** English ### [c9.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.282) The śūdra also had his place in the funeral rituals of the later Vedic period. It was laid down that the śūdra could have his sepulchral mound, though it would be only as high as the knee, the height varying according to the varṇa⁷ - [Previous: c9.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.281) - [Next: c9.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.283) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.282) · Pramāṇa