Sudras in Ancient India

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Ram Sharan Sharma: Sudras in Ancient India (Paperback, 2002, Motilal Banarsidass,India)

Paperback, 404 pages

Published Oct. 1, 2002 by Motilal Banarsidass,India.

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978-81-208-0873-7
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R S Sharma gives an excellent account of the origin of Shudras and how it matured as a varna in the ancient system. Even though Sharma is constrained by the material available to him, he does put forward a largely convincing theory. I hope the next generation of historians takes this research further to include more archeological and epigraphical evidence.

Subjects

  • Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE
  • India
  • BCE to c 500 CE