[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) › c13.15 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.15 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.15 - **Language:** English ### [c13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.15) Thus intimately associated from youth onward, the purohita and the king remain also in later years inseparable companions. We meet them together in a game at dice (in the Aṇḍabhûta Jâtaka, I. 289); we see the purohita on festive occasions on the back of an elephant behind the king, who is seated upon its shoulder. The king bestows honour and riches upon him; of such favours we find repeated mention: thus, for example, we meet with the gift of a carriage (in the Kurudhamma Jâtaka, II. 376), of a village (in the Nânacchanda Jâtaka, II. 429). The last seems generally to be the source of livelihood of the purohita, for we read pretty often (III. 105, IV. 475) that he goes to his bhogagâma, that is, to the village from which he collects his rents. - [Previous: c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.14) - [Next: c13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.16) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.62) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.15) · Pramāṇa