The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.8

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c11.8

In general, the position of the king in the Jâtakas is the same as that in the older portions of ancient Indian epics, unaffected by priestly organisation. Here as there the political and military power rests with the king who is anything but a tool in the hands of the priests; for the power of the latter is here also purely personal. The Brâhmaṇas are dependent upon the king, from him they

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