[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) › c14.68 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.68 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.68 - **Language:** English ### [c14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.68) ¹ Acc. to Manu III. 156, the teacher who teaches for a fixed fee belongs to the class of Brāhmaṇas excluded from participation in the soma-offering. Teaching for the sake of money was considered undignified : the scholar might at the end of his studies make a present to the teacher, the amount of which was determined by his capacity and could consist in land, in gold, in a cow, a horse, an umbrella, shoes, a chair, a seat, corns, clothes and even vegetables. Manu II. 245 sq. - [Previous: c14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.67) - [Next: c14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.69) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.156) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.68) · Pramāṇa