The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c15.28

c15.28

Hand in hand with this regard for equal marriage and purity of blood, there goes in the the Khattiyas and the proud Brâhmaṇas, as well as in high setthi families, a deep contempt for people who are low either by profession or by race; especially, does this "caste-spirit" make itself felt with regard to the class of Caṇḍâlas, the pariahs in the then Indian society: We saw above what a shock the setthi's daughter gets when she learns that she has seen a Caṇḍâla and how very anxious she is to prevent the evil effects of this sight by washing her beautiful eyes.