The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.41

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c14.41

² A division of the Brâhmaṇa caste into different sub-castes, a combination of those excommunicated from their castes to form a new caste, as takes place in India to-day, is I think, not to be supposed for the older Buddhistic period, as we find no trace of it anywhere in Pali literature. Also that the Brahmanical lawbooks know nothing

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