[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) › c14.129 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.129 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.129 - **Language:** English ### [c14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.129) Both the quotations show that the Brâhmaṇa caste constituted an extremely parti-coloured society and was anything but a body of priests who studied or taught the Vedas and offered sacrifices to the gods. Whether all the professions mentioned therein were followed by them, is another question. Especially, the picture given by Vidhura may be a prejudiced and exaggerated one, and it is also to be considered that the purohita only says, “They resemble physicians, servants, collectors of taxes, etc.,” and not that they were actually so. Nevertheless many details receive confirmation through other passages of the Jâtakas, where a subjective colouring on the part of the narrator is out of the question for this reason that the statements concerning caste and profession are made parenthetically and are of secondary importance for the flow of the narrative. - [Previous: c14.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.128) - [Next: c14.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.130) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.129) · Pramāṇa