[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) › c11.51 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.51 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.51 - **Language:** English ### [c11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.51) In the age we are considering, the taxes formed in every case the principal sources of revenue of the king; they were an impost fixed by law, and were, if not brought voluntarily by the people themselves, collected forcibly by the king’s officers (II. 240; IV. 224; V. 98). Still the Jâtakas contain, so far as I have seen, no fixed rule concerning the nature of these taxes nor concerning the amount of the king’s share.¹ - [Previous: c11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.50) - [Next: c11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.52) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.2.9.10.p1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.51) · Pramāṇa