[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) › c11.20 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.20 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.20 - **Language:** English ### [c11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.20) The people understand that the king who should protect them is himself a thief and in order to throw the blame from off his shoulders, has hidden the treasure and tries to discover the thief; they determine to kill the bad king so that he may not plunder them any more. With sticks and hammers they go out and beat the king and the purohita till they are dead. - [Previous: c11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.19) - [Next: c11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.21) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.20) · Pramāṇa