[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) › c14.163 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.163 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.163 - **Language:** English ### [c14.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.163) "Agriculture they carry on, goats and sheep they breed," so Vidhura in the Dasabrâhmaṇa Jātaka protests against the Brâhmaṇas, a protest which was wholly justified if we are to follow the Pali texts. The land-cultivating and cattle-rearing Brâhmaṇa is here such a permanently recurring figure¹ that it seems probable that in the Buddhist countries land was mostly in the possession of the Brâhmaṇas. - [Previous: c14.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.162) - [Next: c14.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.164) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.163) · Pramāṇa