Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order Down to Circa A.D. 600The Book Tries To Show How The Labouring Class In Ancient Times Came To Be Known As Sudras And Explores Their Social And Economic Relations With Members Of The Higher Varnas. It Also Tackles Several Other Problems Was Ancient Indian Society A Slave Society? How Did The Sudra Ritual Status Correspond To Their Economic Status? Why Were Social Revolts Comparatively Absent In Ancient India. Without Dustjacket. |
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aboriginal according Amarakośa Ancient India Apastamba Arthaśāstra artisans arya Aryan Aśoka aśvamedha Atharva Veda Baudhāyana brahmaņa brāhmanical Bṛhaspati Buddhist candālas century A.D. comm crafts Dasa dāsas Dasyus Dharmaśāstra Dharmasūtras Digha evidence four varņas Gaut Gautama Gupta period hired labourers Ibid Jain Jāt Jataka kammakaras Kautilya king kṣatriya large number later Vedic law-books lower orders Mahābhārata Manu Manu's marriage mentioned mixed castes Nār Narada Nişādas Pahlavas Pāli paņas Parvan passage peasants penance perform position post-Vedic prescribed priests provides punishments Purāņa Puranas rathakāra references regarded religious Rg Veda Rg Vedic rites rituals rule sacrifice Santi Parvan seems servants shows slaves Smrti social society śūdra śūdra varņa śūdra woman sūdras suggest term texts three higher varņas tribal tribes twice-born untouchables upanayana upper varņas vaiśya vaiśyas and śūdras varna Vasistha Vedic period verse VIII Vişnu vratya wages Yāj Yājñavalkya