The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time
Castes and classes in the Jātakas: ascetics, brahmins, kṣatriyas and the king's officials, householders and merchants (seṭṭhi), guilds, low castes.
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Fick, Shishirkumar Maitra
- Extent
- 886 passages, 80,375 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · English tr. by S. Maitra, University of Calcutta 1920 (German original: Die sociale Gliederung im… · In copyright (Richard Fick †1944; Shishirkumar Maitra); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 2 parts
- c2 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time — 7 parts
- c3 Translator's Dedication — 7 parts
- c4 Author's Preface — 12 parts
- c5 Preface to the English Edition — 6 parts
- c6 Contents — 37 parts
- c7 Chapter I. Introduction — 24 parts
- c8 Chapter II. General View of the Castes — 108 parts
- c9 Chapter III. The Homeless Ascetics — 49 parts
- c10 Chapter IV. The Ruling Class — 34 parts
- c11 Chapter V. The Head of the State — 97 parts
- c12 Chapter VI. The King's Officers — 51 parts
- c13 Chapter VII. The House Priest of the King — 28 parts
- c14 Chapter VIII. The Brahmanas — 180 parts
- c15 Chapter IX. The Leading Middle Class Families — 29 parts
- c16 Chapter X. The Guilds of Tradesmen and Manufacturers — 33 parts
- c17 Chapter XI. Casteless Professions — 58 parts
- c18 Chapter XII. The Despised Castes — 41 parts
- c19 Conclusion — 6 parts
- c20 Index of Names and Topics — 55 parts
- c21 Index of Pali and Sanskrit Works — 13 parts
- c22 Errata — 7 parts