[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) › c16.26 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.26 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c16.26 - **Language:** English ### [c16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.26) ¹ For the supposition of a local union of different branches of trade the Jâtakas give no ground. A passage in the Mṛcchakatika of Sûdraka allows the conclusion that the Seṭṭhis lived in a special part of the town by themselves; as in the second act the Vasantasenâ asks her escort Madanikâ whether she knows the name of her (Vasantasenâ's) beloved one, Madanikâ replies evasively, in a joking spirit, "He lives in the quarters of the big tradesmen" (seṭṭhicattare paḍivasadi). - [Previous: c16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.25) - [Next: c16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.27) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16.26) · Pramāṇa