[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) › c17.28 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.28 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.28 - **Language:** English ### [c17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.28) As there were drummers and conch-blowers in the king's service—edicts of the king, announcements of public sports, execution, etc., were made known in the city by beat of drum or by the blowing of the conch—and others who played on their instruments at popular festivals, so we find, along with the already-mentioned court musicians, also some who were employed by private persons on festive occasions. Tradesmen of Benares who come to Ujjenî on a business tour make an appointment and come to a place of amusement, carrying with them garlands, perfumery, ointment, food and drink. Then they fetch a musician and that the best (jeṭṭha-gandhabba) in Ujjenî (te tam pakkosâpetvâ attano gandhabbam kâresum II. 249). As the tradesmen, accustomed to the performance of the court musicians of Benares, are not satisfied with his work, he returns the reward paid him and travels with them to Benares. Here he becomes the pupil of the old court musician and meets with a sorry end in the way already described. - [Previous: c17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.27) - [Next: c17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.29) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.243) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.28) · Pramāṇa