Sudras in Ancient India

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf social class
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Shudra
gptkb:Dasas
gptkb:Dravidians
gptkb:Outcastes_(in_later_periods)
gptkb:Untouchables_(in_later_periods)
Indigenous people
Slaves
Commoners
Farmers
Servants
Peasants
Artisans
Manual labor
Craftsmen
Laborers
Working class
Dalits (in later periods)
Lowest social order
Non-Aryan tribes
Non-Brahmin
Non-Kshatriya
Non-Vaishya
Non-dvija
Non-merchant
Non-military
Non-ritual purity
Non-sacerdotal
Non-twice born
Service castes
Servile class
gptkbp:excludes Vedic rituals
Upanayana (sacred thread ceremony)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Ancient_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sudras in Ancient India
gptkbp:language Sanskrit (in texts)
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Rigveda
gptkb:Manusmriti
gptkbp:notAllowedTo Study the Vedas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Varna_system
gptkbp:rankInVarnaSystem Fourth
gptkbp:region Indian subcontinent
gptkbp:serves Other three varnas
gptkbp:socialClass Lowest of the four varnas
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation Service providers
Laborers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:R._S._Sharma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6