The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c11.89

c11.89

How far in addition to the *uparājan* the remaining members of the ruling house participated in the administration does not appear clearly from the Jātakas. Only, that standing next in rank to the viceroy, the *senāpati* was a kinsman of the king, we read from the *Devadhamma Jātaka*, where it is said that the king gives his younger brother the *uparajja* and his step-brother the office of *senāpati*.