[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) › c9.41 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.41 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.41 - **Language:** English ### [c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.41) ⁵ \*deśād-deśāt samoḷhānām sarvāsām ādhyaduhitṛṇām; daśadadāt sahasrāṇi ātreyo niṣkakaṇṭhyaḥ\*. \*Ait. Br.\*, VIII. 22. The chapter is a part of the later portion of this work. - [Previous: c9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.40) - [Next: c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.42) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.8.22) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.41) · Pramāṇa