[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) › c11.75 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.75 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.75 - **Language:** English ### [c11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.75) Did these usurpers change their caste when they ascended the throne? Did they become \*ipso facto\* khattiyas or did they continue to belong to their former castes? In the eyes of the Brâhmaṇas influenced by their caste-theory, they would remain what they originally were, whether they belonged to the Brâhmaṇa or the Sûdra caste. In reality, this question—especially, in the eastern lands and at a time when the caste idea had not been developed very clearly—had for the usurper very little significance, as he belonged to the ruling class, whether or not he was reckoned a \*khattiya\*, and by reason of this, as we have already seen, stood above this caste. - [Previous: c11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.74) - [Next: c11.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.76) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11.75) · Pramāṇa