[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) › c11.39 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.39 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.39 - **Language:** English ### [c11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.39) 15. Criminal jurisdiction seems, according to the Jātakas, to be exclusively exercised by the king. That any person other than the king can pronounce a sentence of death seems to be nowhere mentioned in the Jātakas. Serious crimes, such as theft, adultery, bodily injury were punished by \*rājāṇā\*,² i.e., by the punishment inflicted by the king. - [Previous: c11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.38) - [Next: c11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.40) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.39) · Pramāṇa