[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) › c11.2 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.2 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.2) If our proposition is right, that by the Khattiyas of the Pali texts only the ruling families and not a nobility in possession of land and important military or political offices, are to be understood, it is clear that this class is only represented by its principal representative, the \*râjan\*. Apart from the mention of Khattiyas in general, very little is said of the rest of the members of the ruling class; only, the viceroy, the \*uparâjan\*, appears occasionally by the side of the king, whilst this latter stands in the Jâtaka—one would like to say everywhere—in the centre of action.¹ - [Previous: c10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.35) - [Next: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.3) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.2) · Pramāṇa