[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) › c15.4 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c15.4 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c15.4 - **Language:** English ### [c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.4) ¹ Even from Brahmanical literature we get the impression that Indian society divided itself into two groups, namely, into Brâhmaṇas and Kshatriyas, on the one side, and Vaiśyas and Śûdras, on the other, and that irrespective of the distinction based upon Aryan birth, the last two classes formed in the eyes of the two higher ones, a conglomerate mass with which neither the Brâhmaṇa nor the Kshatriya came much in contact. Cf. Hopkins, \*The Mutual Relations of the Four Castes\*, according to the \*Mânavadharmaśâstram\*. Imag. Diss., Leipzig, 1881, pp. 78, 82. - [Previous: c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.3) - [Next: c15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.5) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.4) · Pramāṇa