[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) › c16.18 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.18 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.18 - **Language:** English ### [c16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.18) ¹ The business of these forest-guards (aṭavīrakkhika, II. 335) formed a profession by itself which was hereditary in the family and favoured an organisation similar to that of the guilds of tradesmen and manufacturers in this, that at the head of a number of forest-guard families there was a leader (ārakkhikajeṭṭhaka). As we have seen above, even Brāhmaṇas were driven into this profession according to the Dasabrāhmaṇa Jataka. - [Previous: c16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.17) - [Next: c16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.19) - [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.265) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.18) · Pramāṇa