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Who were the Shudras? How they came to be the fourth Varna in the Indo-Aryan society

Ambedkar, B. R.

Who were the Shudras? How they came to be the fourth Varna in the Indo-Aryan society by B. R. Ambedkar. - New Delhi : Kalpaz publications, 2017. - 259 p. - (Treasure of Ambedkar series : 5). .

Table of contents:
Chapter 1. The riddle of the Shudras
Chapter 2. The Brahmanic theory of the origin of the Shudras
Chapter 3. The Brahmanic theory of the status of the Shudras
Chapter 4. Shudras versus Aryans
Chapter 5. Aryans against Arayans
Chapter 6. Shudras and Dasas
Chapter 7. The Shudras were Kshatriyas
Chapter 8. The number of Varnas, three or four?
Chapter 9. Brahmins versus Shudras
Chapter 10. The degradation of the Shudras
Chapter 11. The story of reconciliation
Chapter 12. The theory in the crucible
Appendices
Index

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