[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) › c13.29 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.29 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.29 - **Language:** English ### [c13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.29) "Food brought from a distance some \*purohitas\* in the villages eat, many people ask them (the meaning of star constellations, etc.), they castrate animals, (happy) signs they read. "Also (in the houses of these \*purohitas\*) there are slaughtered sheep, buffaloes, swine and goats. They are slaughterers, O great king, and yet they call themselves Brâhmaṇas." - [Previous: c13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.28) - [Next: c14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.2) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.29) · Pramāṇa