[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) › c9.91 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.91 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.91 - **Language:** English ### [c9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.91) ⁹ In one list (MS. II. 6.5; IV. 3.8) their number is three, and in two lists it is two (KS, XV 4; Śat. Br., V. 3. 1ff.). It is strange that they are not mentioned in the texts of the Black School of the Yajus (TS, I.8.9. 1ff; Tai. Br., I. 7.3). - [Previous: c9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.90) - [Next: c9.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.92) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (5) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.1.8.9.1) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.7.3) — Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.15.4) — Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.2.6.5) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.1) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.91) · Pramāṇa