[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) › c9.70 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.70 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.70 - **Language:** English ### [c9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.70) ³ \*s. v. vappa-mangala\*, Rhys Davids and Stede, \*Pali-English Dictionary\*. Even now the ploughing ceremony is annually performed by the Buddhist king of Thailand. - [Previous: c9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.69) - [Next: c9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.71) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.70) · Pramāṇa