[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) › c11.48 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.48 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.48 - **Language:** English ### [c11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.48) ¹ Altindisches Leben, p. 166: "Fixed taxes the people didn't pay the king, they brought to him voluntary presents." Zimmer compares this with the old German conditions which are mentioned in Tacitus, Germania 15: "Mos est civitatibus ultro ac viritim conferre principibus vel armentorum vel frugum, quod pro honore acceptum etiam necessitatibus subvenit." - [Previous: c11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.47) - [Next: c11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.49) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.48) · Pramāṇa