[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) › c9.336 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.336 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.336 - **Language:** English ### [c9.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.336) ² \*na te śakyā daridreṇa yajñāḥ prāptuṃ pitāmaha; bahūpakaraṇa yajñā nānā sambhāravistarāḥ. pārthivai rājaputrair vā śakyāḥ prāptuṃ pitāmaha; nārthanyūnairavaguṇairekātmabhirsaṃhataiḥ.\* Mbh. (Kumb.), XIII. 164-2-3;-(Cal.) XII. 107-2-3. This passage seems to have been the product of a much later period, but it may be taken as reflecting conditions in the later Vedic period. - [Previous: c9.335](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.335) - [Next: c9.337](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.337) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.336) · Pramāṇa