[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) › c9.31 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.31 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.31 - **Language:** English ### [c9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.31) ⁵ \*Karmakara\* occurs in \*Tai. Br.\* III, 11. 10. 3, in the sense of a ṛtvik priest and not as a hired labourer. There seems to be no mention of \*karmakara\* in other Brāhmaṇas. - [Previous: c9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.30) - [Next: c9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.32) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.31) · Pramāṇa