[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) › c10.32 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.32 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.32 - **Language:** English ### [c10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.32) ¹ In contrast with this, the fulfilment of the duty of studying the Veda is looked upon in the epics as a purely external form. The education of the young noble seems here to end with the sixteenth year and in any case, it is inconceivable how a boy at this age not only attained perfection in the use of arms but also fortified his memory with the collection of hymns of one of the three Vedas. Cf. Hopkins, i, page 109 sq. - [Previous: c10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.31) - [Next: c10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.33) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.32) · Pramāṇa