[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) › c12.26 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c12.26 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c12.26 - **Language:** English ### [c12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.26) only to be paid in the form of a portion of the yearly produce are to be looked upon as rent of the ground; rather, the scruples of the conscientious setthi already mentioned, have a meaning when the question is of a percentage of the produce; for had he had to pay a ground-rent, he would only have injured himself and not the king. That, nevertheless, in some parts of India even in the older Buddhistic age a ground-rent was not collected, is surely not proved; it is rather probable that in different kingdoms, the mode of taxation was different. - [Previous: c12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.25) - [Next: c12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.27) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.26) · Pramāṇa