[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) › c14.88 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.88 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.88 - **Language:** English ### [c14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.88) This predominance of north-western Brâhmaṇas over those of the eastern lands forms a sort of complement to the statements which we find in Brahmanical sources about the Brâhmaṇas of Magadha—and in it I might see a further support for my assertion that in north-eastern India in Buddha's time the orthodox Brâhmaṇas were not the chief representatives of their caste but Brâhmaṇas who were unworthy, as estimated by the Brahmanical view. The name of these is in the Brâhmaṇa texts (Aitareya Br. VII. 27) brahmabandhu and by this name the māgadhadesiya brahmabandhus are expressly called.¹ The low opinion here formed of the Magadha Brâhmaṇas may, in part, be due to the low estimate in which the western Brâhmaṇas held Magadha which was at a great distance from them and was not wholly Brahmanised; partly, also the Brâhmaṇas by their conduct may have acquired this bad reputation. - [Previous: c14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.87) - [Next: c14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.89) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.7.27) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.88) · Pramāṇa