[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) › c9.92 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.92 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.92 - **Language:** English ### [c9.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.92) There is nothing to indicate that their presence secured the representation of the whole śūdra varṇa, but certainly some sections of that community could find a place in the polity. - [Previous: c9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.91) - [Next: c9.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.93) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.92) · Pramāṇa