[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c10.22 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.22 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.22 - **Language:** English ### [c10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.22) ¹ Chalmers explains (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1894, p. 342) the pre-eminence of the Khattiya caste in the Piṭaka by saying that this confirms the old tradition which represents the original conception, according to which "the kingly classes as they arose first held the - [Previous: c10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.21) - [Next: c10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.23) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.22) · Pramāṇa