[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) › c16.16 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.16 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.16 - **Language:** English ### [c16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.16) Famous were also the horses of the west, above all, the steed of Sindh (sindhava. II. 288); according to the Jâtakas the kings of the eastern lands were provided mainly with horses brought from the north or the west; we meet very often in our texts with horse-merchants who come from the north (uttarāpathakā assavāṇijā) and sell their horses in Benares (I. 124; II. 31, 287). - [Previous: c16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.15) - [Next: c16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.17) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.254) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.16) · Pramāṇa