The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.64

c11.64

As we, however, in our attempt to collect together the statements contained in the Jâtakas concerning the rights and duties of the king, have not hitherto been able to get an exhaustive account of the actual region of influence and sphere of power of the *râjan*, we must also examine the incomplete and partly contradictory details relating to the question of his succession.