[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) › c11.59 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.59 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.59 - **Language:** English ### [c11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.59) Exemption from taxes was occasionally obtained by pleading before the king. A \*seṭṭhi\* living in the frontier requests the brother of the king to send a letter to the king asking him to grant exemption, upon which the king grants him this (IV. 169). - [Previous: c11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.58) - [Next: c11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.60) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.467) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.59) · Pramāṇa