[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) › c13.18 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.18 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.18 - **Language:** English ### [c13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.18) That guarding the king’s treasures was part of his duties, we learn from the Bandhanamokkha Jātaka, where the priest who has fallen into disgrace and whom the king’s people want to take to the place of execution, prays that he may be brought before the king, “for”—so runs his prayer—“I am an officer of the king (\*aham rājakammiko\*, I. 439) and have rendered him much service and I know where great treasures are hidden. The treasures of the king, I have guarded; if you don't take me to the king, much wealth will be lost." - [Previous: c13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.17) - [Next: c13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.19) - [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.120) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.18) · Pramāṇa