[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) › c9.97 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.97 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.97 - **Language:** English ### [c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.97) ³ tatra paṣṭhauhīṃ vidīvyante brāhmaṇo rājanyo vaiśyaḥ śūdraḥ. Vārāha Śr. S., III. 3.3.24; MS. IV. 4.6; Āp. Śr. S. (Garbe’s edn.), XVIII. 19. 2-3; Satyā. Śr. S., XIII. 6. 29-30. - [Previous: c9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.96) - [Next: c9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.98) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (4) - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesin.hiranyakesi.13.6.29) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Vārāhaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.maitrayaniya.varaha.3.3.3.24) — Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.4.4.6) — Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba-school.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.97) · Pramāṇa