[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) › c9.60 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.60 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.60 - **Language:** English ### [c9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.60) ¹ \*vaiśyo' dyamāno na kṣīyate...brāhmaṇasya ca rājanasya cādyo' dharohi sṛṣṭaḥ.\* Pañc. Br., VI. 1.10; \*Śat. Br.\*, V. 2.1.17; VIII. 7.1.2, 2.2. - [Previous: c9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.59) - [Next: c9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.61) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (2) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa.57) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.1.17) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.60) · Pramāṇa